Fulminant peripartum cardiomyopathy rescue with extracorporeal membranous oxygenation

We report the successful use of extracorporeal membranous oxygenation in a previously healthy parturient with fulminant peripartum cardiomyopathy. Native cardiac function recovered rapidly, with weaning from extracorporeal membranous oxygenation after only 68h. This case highlights the potential of this lifesaving treatment, in appropriately selected patients, where death seems inevitable. No major complications of extracorporeal membranous oxygenation occurred in this patient.