Acute myocarditis supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation successfully bridged to transplantation: A giant cell myocarditis

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 782-784

  Le Guyader, Alexandre ^a   Rollé, Florence ^a   Karoutsos, Simon ^b   Cornu, Elisabeth ^a  

^a Dupuytren University Medical Hospital   (France)

^b Dupuytren University Medical Hospital of Limoges   (France)

Author keywords

Heart transplantation; Mechanical cardiac support; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NITROGEN; UREA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMOROFEMORAL BYPASS; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAL SIGN;

EID: 33845453449     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2006.136697     Document Type: Conference Paper

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