Successful use of veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for septic cardiomyopathy in a patient with pre-existing chronic heart failure.

Septic cardiomyopathy is a form of reversible myocardial dysfunction. Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation should be considered for septic cardiomyopathy with intractable circulatory failure. Pre-existing chronic heart failure is not a contraindication for VA-ECMO.