Giant cell myocarditis with prolonged cardiac standstill after drug‐induced hypersensitivity syndrome: a case report

• Published in: ESC Heart Failure Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 805 - 810
• Main Authors: Ono, Ryohei, Kohno, Hiroki, Kaminota, Sae, Aoki, Kaoruko, Kato, Hirotoshi, Iwahana, Togo, Aihara, Takanori, Ota, Masayuki, Matsumiya, Goro, Kobayashi, Yoshio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.04.2024; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Biopsy; Biventricular assist device; Cardiac arrest; Cardiac standstill; Case Report; Case reports; Creatinine; Cytomegalovirus; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; Drug dosages; Drug‐induced hypersensitivity syndrome; Dyspnea; Edema; Enzymes; Epstein-Barr virus; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; Giant cell myocarditis; Hemoglobin; Herpes viruses; Histopathology; Kinases; Lymphocytes; Myocarditis; Pulmonary arteries; Review; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Steroids; Thromboembolism; Veins & arteries; Biventricular assist device; Drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome; Giant cell myocarditis; Review; Cardiac standstill; Cardiac arrest

Giant cell myocarditis (GCM) is a rare but fatal disease that can lead to cardiac failure. Survival with a cardiac standstill requires mechanical circulatory support or a biventricular assist device (BiVAD) and prolonged survival is extremely rare. Drug‐induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DIHS) is a...