Successful heart transplantation following neonatal necrotic enterovirus myocarditis

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 834-837

  Simmonds, Jacob ^a   Cubitt, David ^a   Ashworth, Michael ^a   Burch, Michael ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enterovirus; Heart transplantation; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ADRENALIN; AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; DOPAMINE; FUROSEMIDE; GENTAMICIN; MILRINONE; PENICILLIN G;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; NECROTIC ENTEROVIRUS MYOCARDITIS; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MYOCARDITIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 46749116105     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-007-9182-z     Document Type: Article

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