Short-term use of "ECMELLA" in the context of fulminant eosinophilic myocarditis with cardiogenic shock.

Background: Eosinophilic myocarditis (EM) is a rare form of myocarditis. Clinical presentation is various, includes cardiogenic shock and can often be fatal. Diagnosis is based on myocardial eosinophilic infiltration in endomyocardial biopsy.

Cardiac Arrest and Successful Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation as a Result of a Refeeding Syndrome in a Young Female with Anorexia Nervosa.

Anorexia nervosa is a potentially life-threatening eating disorder, characterized by an abnormally low body weight. This case report illustrates a 22-year old female with cardiac arrest due to a refeeding syndrome in a patient with anorexia nervosa. It features the successful use of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a case of severe left ventricular dysfunction resulting in a favorable outcome.

Corrective Operation in an Intramyocardial Dissecting Hemorrhage After Subacute Anterior Myocardial Infarction.

Intramyocardial dissecting hemorrhage is a very rare and potentially lethal complication of myocardial infarction. The diagnosis is typically made by echocardiography, by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, at operation, or during postmortem examination. Medical treatment is most often associated with high mortality, and surgical treatment is required.

MitraClip implantation after acute ischemic papillary muscle rupture in a patient with prolonged cardiogenic shock.

Papillary muscle rupture is a rare but potentially lethal complication of acute myocardial infarction. We report a 77-year-old man who presented to the emergency department with dyspnea and nausea and acute onset of severe back pain 3 days earlier. Owing to rapid deterioration of his hemodynamic and respiratory situation, the patient was immediately transferred to the intensive care unit.

Differential diagnosis of a fulminant myocarditis: the pheochromocytoma crisis.

Concurring left ventricular dysfunction, pulmonary edema and febrile temperature in otherwise healthy young individuals often constitutes the clinical presentation of a fulminant myocarditis. Nevertheless, the pheochromocytoma crisis (PCC) can mimic this very cluster of symptoms, camouflaging its disclosure. We describe a dramatic case of pheochromocytoma crisis mimicking fulminant myocarditis.

Cardiac arrest and successful resuscitation in a patient with Tako-Tsubo Cardiomyopathy.

Tako-Tsubo Cardiomyopathy (TTC) is described as transient left ventricular (LV) dysfunction without coronary artery stenoses. Typically the onset of TTC-syndrome is following emotional or physical stress. As an acute cardiac syndrome it is mimicking ST-elevation myocardial infarction.