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  • Title: [Fulminant influenza type A associated myocarditis: a fatal case in an 8 year old child].
    Author: Letouze N, Jokic M, Maragnes P, Rouleau V, Flais F, Vabret A, Freymuth F.
    Journal: Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss; 2006 May; 99(5):514-6. PubMed ID: 16802745.
    Abstract:
    Fulminant Influenza type A-associated myocarditis are very rare in children. The clinical presentation is non specific, like flu illness, cardiogenic shock or sudden cardiac arrest. We report the case of a eight years old girl with a fulminant Influenza A-associated myocarditis with a fatal evolution despite the use of an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). The aim of this observation is to remind that influenza in children, usually considered as a benign illness, can exceptionally be complicated by a fulminant myocarditis. Because the possibility to recover a full myocardial function, the persistence of severe heart failure despite the medical treatment should conduct rapidly to a mechanical circulatory assistance.
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