Morishima I, Sassa H, Sone T, Tsuboi H, Kondo J, Koyama T
Department of Cardiology, Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Gifu, Japan.
Jpn Circ J. 1994 Jun;58(6):433-8. doi: 10.1253/jcj.58.433.
We report the case of a 41-year-old man with acute fulminant myocarditis. The patient went into cardiac standstill immediately after admission and was placed on a percutaneous cardiopulmonary support system. The system remained in place for 302 h, after which the patient recovered from cardiogenic shock without complications and has returned to normal life.