A rare case of acute necrotizing eosinophilic myocarditis: Bridge to recovery with ventricular assist device support

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 965-966

  Kohout, Jaromir ^a   Ferdinand, Francis D ^a   Imaizumi, Shotaro ^a   Holmes, Elena C ^a   Samuels, Louis E ^a  

^a LANKENAU HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; EOSINOPHILIA; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NECROSIS;

EID: 33748807499     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.05.058     Document Type: Article

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