Key result
Immunosuppressive therapy and mechanical circulatory support led to the successful recovery of a 22-year-old woman with MCTD-associated fulminant myocarditis.
Why the study?
Cardiac involvement is relatively common in mixed connective tissue disease, but few reports on associated fulminant myocarditis are available.
Population
A 22-year-old woman with mixed connective tissue disease
Design
Case report
Authors
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May signal need for urgent LVEF monitoring in symptomatic MCTD; leaves open immunosuppression decisions when biopsy shows minimal infiltration.
Case Report (n=1)
No
Fulminant myocarditis in patients with mixed connective tissue disease can present with severe hemodynamic compromise despite the absence of significant lymphocytic infiltration on initial biopsy, but may respond well to aggressive immunosuppressive therapy and mechanical circulatory support.
Hamana et al. (2023) conducted a case report in Fulminant myocarditis associated with mixed connective tissue disease (n=1). Immunosuppressive therapy and mechanical circulatory support was evaluated on Clinical recovery. Immunosuppressive therapy and mechanical circulatory support led to the successful recovery of a 22-year-old woman with MCTD-associated fulminant myocarditis.
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