Mechanical support for patients with fulminant acute myocarditis: Strategy for biventricular failure and respiratory failure

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 526-527

  Sasaki, Hideki ^a   Kawai, Akihiko ^a   Kurosawa, Hiromi ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARVEDILOL; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; LOSARTAN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NIFEKALANT;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESUSCITATION; SEPTICEMIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANOXIA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 50049119617     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2008.00602.x     Document Type: Article

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