Early application of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for myocarditis with shock: a case report

Figure 1.. Electrocardiographic results before and after myocarditis with shock. (a) Electrocardiogram of the patient showing sinus tachycardia and occasional ventricular premature beats at the time of admission. (b) Electrocardiogram of the patient showing ventricular tachycardia at the time of ventricular fibrillation shock.

Figure 2.. Reports of echocardiographic examinations after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and at discharge. (a) Report of an echocardiogram of the patient after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Most of the cardiac function parameters were normal, except for a low ejection fraction. (b) Report of an echocardiogram at discharge shows that the ejection fraction is greatly improved. AO, aortic diameter; LA, left atrial diameter; RV, right ventricular diameter; ISV, ventricular septal thickness; LVPW, left ventricular posterior wall; PA, pulmonary artery; AV, aortic valve; PV, pulmonary valve; EVD, end-diastolic volume; EF, ejection fraction; SV, stroke volume; HR, heart rate; MPA, main pulmonary artery.

Figure 3.. Results of a cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination. (a) Cardiac MRI shows a four-chamber sequence of micro-pericardial effusion. (b) Cardiac MRI shows a two-chamber sequence of micro-pericardial effusion. In panels a and b, the arrows indicate the position of a small amount of pericardial effusion c: Cardiac MRI shows a four-chamber sequence of a plain scan. d: Cardiac MRI shows a four-chamber sequence of plain scan enhancement. In panels c and d, the cardiac structure was normal without any indication of fibrous hyperplasia.