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. 2022 Apr 25;175:75–76. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2022.04.021

Table 1.

Patient characteristics, laboratory values, ECMO and hospital course and outcome.

Patient Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Age (yrs.) 22 53 28 27 46 68 26 66 24
Sex M F F F M M F M M
COVID-19 vaccination status None None None None None None JJ Vaccine* None None
CRP (mg/dL) 53.9 26.3 23 4.9 14.6 12.9 2.1 52.1 24.8
ESR (mm/hr) N/A 9 N/A 27 17 26 2 67 N/A
Peak Troponin T (ng/mL) 0.201 9.9 4.3 5.6 <0.01 12.16 1.34 2.08 1.88
Cardiac Arrest PEA arrest No PEA arrest No No No PEA arrest VF/VT arrest VF arrest
LVEF 25% EF 5% 36% 22% 8% 20% 10% 10% 15%
Duration of VA ECMO 5 days 9 days 5 days 10 days 6 days* 2 days 9 days 8 days 7 days
Survival to Discharge Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
COVID-19 treatment Steroid, remdesivir Steroid, remdesivir, convalescent plasma Steroid, remdesivir, tocilizumab, IVIG Steroid, remdesivir, IVIG Steroid, IVIG, remdesivir Steroid Steroid Steroid Steroid
Post ECMO LVEF 55% 45% 55% 55% 30% N/A 55% 50% 57%
Total Hospital LOS 15 days 35 days 104 days 56 days 27 days 2 days 50 days 35 days 17 days
ICU LOS 9 days 16 days 104 days 38 days 27 days 2 days 34 days 35 days 11 days

Sex: M = Male; F = Female; ESR Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate; CRP: C reactive Protein.

JJ Vaccine – Johnson and Johnson Vaccine received 6 months prior to fulminant myocarditis in this patient.

PEA, pulseless electrical activity; VT, pulseless ventricular tachycardia; VF, ventricular fibrillation.

ICU, intensive care unit; LOS, length of stay; LVEF; left ventricle ejection fraction.