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SUBMITTER: Tavazzi G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7262276 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tavazzi Guido G Pellegrini Carlo C Maurelli Marco M Belliato Mirko M Sciutti Fabio F Bottazzi Andrea A Sepe Paola Alessandra PA Resasco Tullia T Camporotondo Rita R Bruno Raffaele R Baldanti Fausto F Paolucci Stefania S Pelenghi Stefano S Iotti Giorgio Antonio GA Mojoli Francesco F Arbustini Eloisa E
European journal of heart failure 20200411 5
We describe the first case of acute cardiac injury directly linked to myocardial localization of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in a 69-year-old patient with flu-like symptoms rapidly degenerating into respiratory distress, hypotension, and cardiogenic shock. The patient was successfully treated with venous-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and mechanical ventilation. Cardiac function fully recovered in 5 days and ECMO was removed. Endomyocardial b ...[more]