Eosinophilic myocarditis in the explanted hearts of cardiac transplant recipients: Interesting pathologic finding or pathophysiologic entity of clinical significance?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 888-890

  Johnson, Maryl R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dobutamine; Eosinophils; Heart transplantation; Immunosuppressive therapy; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

AMRINONE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BISULFITE; DILUENT; DIURETIC AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR;

ANAMNESIS; ASSOCIATION; AUTOPSY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDITORIAL; EOSINOPHILIA; EXPLANT; EXPOSURE; FEVER; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INOTROPISM; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; RECIPIENT;

CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DOBUTAMINE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EOSINOPHILIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 1542719532     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000117973.88429.BB     Document Type: Editorial

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