De novo development of eosinophilic myocarditis with left ventricular assist device support as bridge to transplant

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1345-1347

  Pereira, Naveen L ^a   Park, Soon J ^a   Daly, Richard C ^a   Kushwaha, Sudhir S ^a   Edwards, William D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; DIGOXIN; FLUTICASONE; HEPARIN; MILRINONE; MONTELUKAST; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; SALMETEROL; SPIRONOLACTONE; STEROID; TORASEMIDE; WARFARIN; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CELL VACUOLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHIL MYOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FIBROSIS; GRANULOMA; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOGENESIS; THROMBUS; TRICUSPID ANNULOPLASTY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; EOSINOPHILIA; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOSIS;

ACETATES; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; LEUKOTRIENE ANTAGONISTS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; QUINOLINES; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 77957163494     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.03.029     Document Type: Article

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