Population
1 patient with cardiogenic shock due to cytomegalovirus (CMV) myocarditis
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
Hospitalization period (ganciclovir kept for 21 days)
Authors
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May support adjunctive steroid pulsotherapy in acute CMV myocarditis; leaves open need for controlled trials before practice change.
Pulsotherapy with steroids, in addition to antiviral and heart failure therapy, may help block the acute inflammatory reaction and improve left ventricular function in patients with acute CMV myocarditis.
Baumgratz et al. (2010) studied this question.
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