Lymphocytic myocarditis after lung transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1163-1165

  Weinkauf, Justin ^a   Walia, Rajat ^a   Berry, Gerald J ^b   Vagelos, Randall ^a   Faul, John L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AZATHIOPRINE; CARVEDILOL; CYCLOSPORIN; DIGOXIN; ENALAPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; VALACICLOVIR;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONVALESCENCE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIAL BIOPSY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; VIRUS LOAD;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MYOCARDITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALINE;

EID: 23744432011     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2004.07.012     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. R.S. Markin, S. Hollins, R.P. Wood, B.W. Shaw Jr Main autopsy findings in liver transplant patients Modern Pathol 2 1989 339 348
2. M.M. Hebert, C. Yu, J.A. Towbin, B.B. Rogers Fatal Epstein-Barr virus myocarditis in a child with repetitive myocarditis Pediatr Pathol Lab Med 15 1995 805 812
3. N.E. Bowles, J. Vallejo Viral causes of cardiac inflammation Curr Opin Cardiol 18 2003 182 188
4. E.A. Hahn, V.L. Hartz, T.E. Moon The Myocarditis Treatment Trial design, methods and patients enrollment Eur Heart J 16 suppl O 1995 162 167
5. A. Garg, J. Shiau, G. Guyatt The ineffectiveness of immunosuppressive therapy in lymphocytic myocarditis an overview Ann Intern Med 129 1998 317 322
6. B. Maisch, A.D. Ristic, I. Portig, S. Pankuweit Human viral cardiomyopathy Front Biosci 8 suppl 2003 s39 s67
7. L.J. Pinderski, G.C. Fonarow, M. Hamilton Giant cell myocarditis in a young man responsive to T-lymphocyte cytolytic therapy J Heart Lung Transplant 21 2002 818 821
8. C. Baykurt, K. Caglar, N. Ceviz, C. Akyuz, G. Secmeer Successful treatment of Epstein-Barr virus infection associated with myocarditis Pediatr Int 41 1999 389 391
9. R. Rich, M. McErlean Complete heart block in a child with varicella Am J Emerg Med 11 1993 602 605
10. J.C. Lenzo, G.R. Shellam, C.M. Lawson Ganciclovir and cidofovir treatment of cytomegalovirus-induced myocarditis in mice Antimicrob Agents Chemother 45 2001 1444 1449