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Mechanical circulatory support has proved to be a safe and effective bridge to myocardial recovery in patients with acute fulminant myocarditis; however, to our knowledge, this support has not been used in infectious myocarditis specifically related to Legionellosis.<\/jats:p>\n We describe a case of Legionella<\/jats:italic> myocarditis associated with acute left ventricular dysfunction and repolarization abnormalities in a 48-year-old man. The patient fully recovered after left ventricular unloading with use of a TandemHeart percutaneous ventricular assist device. In addition, we review the English-language medical literature on Legionella<\/jats:italic> myocarditis and focus on cardiac outcomes.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.14503\/thij-14-4131","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,8,3]],"date-time":"2015-08-03T13:22:06Z","timestamp":1438608126000},"page":"357-361","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["TandemHeart as a Bridge to Recovery in Legionella Myocarditis"],"prefix":"10.14503","volume":"42","author":[{"given":"David F.","family":"Brice\u00f1o","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rajeev R.","family":"Fernando","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sriram","family":"Nathan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pranav","family":"Loyalka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Biswajit","family":"Kar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Igor D.","family":"Gregoric","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"5628","reference":[{"issue":"10","key":"i0730-2347-42-4-357-b1","series-title":"N Engl J Med","first-page":"682","article-title":"Legionellosis","volume":"337","year":"1997","unstructured":"Stout\n JE, \n \n Yu\n VL.\n \n \n Legionellosis. 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