On January 2, Jardin People’s Hospital announced that it had successfully resuscitated a young man who contracted acute myocarditis while playing badminton.
According to the report, the patient is LVH, 32 years old, living in Binh Trung District, Ho Chi Minh City. On the morning of December 20, 2025, after playing badminton for about 30 minutes, he felt palpitations, dizziness, and severe chest pain before losing consciousness. He was taken to the nearest hospital by a fellow player and received emergency treatment.
The patient was hospitalized in a state of unconsciousness and cardiac arrest, and was diagnosed with ventricular arrhythmia. CPR was quickly performed, and an inter-hospital emergency was declared along with Jardine People’s Hospital.
The patient hospitalized with acute myocarditis is currently in stable condition. Photo: Provided by the hospital.
15 minutes later, Patient H was transferred to the emergency room of Jardin People’s Hospital. After hospitalization, Patient H underwent emergency VA ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation via arteriovenous technique) along with CPR for ventricular arrhythmia.
After stabilizing the patient’s condition, medical staff performed a full-body CT scan to rule out common causes of sudden cardiac death, such as acute myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism, and acute aortic disease.
According to Dr. Bo Van Trang, a cardiovascular critical care specialist, after just 48 hours of intensive resuscitation including VA ECMO, temperature control, high-dose corticosteroid administration, and continuous hemodialysis after cardiac arrest, Mr.
Currently, Mr. H’s functional status is almost completely stable and he can be discharged. As a result of the cardiac MRI performed later, it was confirmed that Mr. H had acute inflammation in his myocardium and pericardium.
Patient H stated: “I previously lived a completely healthy lifestyle, never smoked, exercised regularly for two hours every day, and had no history of cardiovascular disease.”
Mr. LVH’s cardiac MRI revealed several signs of myocarditis (white arrows). Photo: Provided by the hospital.
“Acute viral myocarditis occurs more frequently in Vietnam during cold or rainy seasons,” added Master Dr Bo Van Trang.
Because acute myocarditis has symptoms similar to flu and gastroenteritis, patients, especially young patients, often underestimate the severity of the disease. In addition to respiratory or digestive symptoms, patients with acute myocarditis experience cardiovascular symptoms such as chest pain (more than 80%), dyspnea (20-50%), and palpitations.
A small number of patients with acute myocarditis may progress to fulminant myocarditis with cardiac arrhythmias, hypotension due to weakened myocardial contractility, and sudden death if not detected and treated early. However, most patients with fulminant myocarditis can recover quickly within 1 week with timely and appropriate mechanical circulatory support treatment.
Dr. Nguyen Thanh Thao (MD, Master of Science), Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit, Gia Dinh People’s Hospital, added: “Not all patients with acute viral myocarditis can be detected and treated as quickly as patient H. Given that cardiac MRI shows widespread inflammation throughout the myocardium, patients require close monitoring, testing for cardiomyopathy gene mutations, and myocardial biopsy if myocarditis persists. Additionally, patients should refrain from strenuous activity for the first three months to avoid the risk of sudden death and arrhythmia recurrence.”
Source: https://suckhoedoisong.vn/dang-choi-cau-long-nam-thanh-nien-32-tuoi-ngung-tim-nguy-kich-169260102094906468.htm
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