Case of fulminant giant-cell myocarditis associated with polymyositis, treated with a biventricular assist device and subsequent heart transplantation

Autor:	Kiran J. Philip, Lawrence S.C. Czer, Daniel Luthringer, Victor Y. Cheng, Ryan P. Morrissey, Jamal S. Rana, Ernst R. Schwarz, Robert M. Kass
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine medicine.medical_specialty Myocarditis Fulminant medicine.medical_treatment Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Ventricular tachycardia Polymyositis Internal medicine medicine Humans cardiovascular diseases Heart transplantation business.industry Cardiogenic shock Middle Aged medicine.disease Rash Heart failure cardiovascular system Cardiology Heart Transplantation Female Heart-Assist Devices medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business
Zdroj:	Heart & Lung. 40:340-345
ISSN:	0147-9563
Popis:	Giant-cell myocarditis is an autoimmune myocarditis that rapidly progresses to heart failure, and is often associated ventricular tachycardia. We describe an otherwise healthy patient who was acutely ill with decompensated heart failure and ventricular tachycardia associated with rash and polymyositis, who then developed cardiogenic shock and multiorgan failure due to giant-cell myocarditis.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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