Abstract:Background
Fulminant myocarditis (FM) is a common life-threatening disease in pediatric patients, which can result in sudden cardiac arrest (CA). Whether prolonged cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is beneficial to FM induced CA is unknown.
Case presentation
We reported the case of an 8-year-old child with FM. At 14:49 of the day after admission, the ECG monitoring indicated ventricular flutter. The patient was immediately given continuous extern… Show more
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