Successful treatment of ulcerative colitis-related fulminant myocarditis using extracorporeal life support

Heart Surg Forum. 2013 Aug 1;16(4):E208-9. doi: 10.1532/HSF98.20121141.

Abstract

Myocarditis is a known extraintestinal manifestation of inflammatory bowel diseases, but it rarely leads to acute cardiac pump failure. We report a case of fulminant myocarditis associated with ulcerative colitis treated successfully with an extracorporeal membrane oxygenator.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / complications*
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / diagnosis
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / therapy*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / methods*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Myocarditis / diagnosis
  • Myocarditis / etiology*
  • Myocarditis / therapy*
  • Treatment Outcome