AUTHOR=Hsu Hao-Ting , Kuo Ni-Chun , Chen Po-Yen , Jan Sheng-Ling TITLE=Case report: VA-ECMO for fulminant myocarditis in an infant with acute COVID-19 JOURNAL=Frontiers in Pediatrics VOLUME=11 YEAR=2023 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pediatrics/articles/10.3389/fped.2023.1180534 DOI=10.3389/fped.2023.1180534 ISSN=2296-2360 ABSTRACT=

Fulminant myocarditis in children was rare during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, but it had the potential for high morbidity and mortality. We describe the clinical course of a previously healthy 9-month-old young male infant who rapidly deteriorated into cardiogenic shock due to coronavirus disease 2019-related fulminant myocarditis. He developed severe heart failure and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome that were treated promptly with central venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and continuous venovenous hemofiltration. He made a good recovery without significant morbidity.