Management and outcomes in pediatric patients presenting with acute fulminant myocarditis

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Teele, Sarah A ^a   Allan, Catherine K ^a   Laussen, Peter C ^a   Newburger, Jane W ^a   Gauvreau, Kimberlee ^a   Thiagarajan, Ravi R ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LACTIC ACID; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE FULMINANT MYOCARDITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CANNULATION; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYOCARDITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; ST SEGMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; T WAVE INVERSION;

EID: 79952574044     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.10.015     Document Type: Article

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