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An infant with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest secondary to enteroviral myocarditis surviving up to cardiac transplantation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2014

Eimear McGovern ,
Ethel Ryan  and
Colin J. McMahon
Eimear McGovern
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland
Ethel Ryan
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital Galway, Galway, Ireland
Colin J. McMahon*
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland
*
Correspondence to: Dr C. J. McMahon, Cardiac Department, Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin 12, Ireland. Tel: +01-4096160; Fax: +01-4096181; E-mail: cmcmahon992004@yahoo.com
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Abstract

We report the case of a 13-day-old infant with enteroviral myocarditis surviving an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. She underwent orthotopic cardiac transplantation three months later. A year after the transplantation, she is alive and well. Enteroviral infection is common in neonates with high mortality in cases of enteroviral myocarditis. Cardiac transplantation is a treatment option for infants who fail to recover and remain dependent on inotropic support. This is the first report of an infant with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest secondary to enteroviral myocarditis surviving up to cardiac transplantation.

Keywords

Myocarditisout-of-hospital cardiac arresttransplantation

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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , January 2016 , pp. 158 - 160
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© Cambridge University Press 2014 

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