Effectiveness of mechanical circulatory support in children with acute fulminant and persistent myocarditis

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 487-494

  Wilmot, Ivan ^a   Morales, David L S ^a   Price, Jack F ^a   Rossano, Joseph W ^a   Kim, Jeffrey J ^a   Decker, Jamie A ^a   McGarry, Mary Claire ^a   Denfield, Susan W ^a   Dreyer, William J ^a   Towbin, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Jefferies, John L ^a,b  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carditis; children; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; heart assist devices

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE FULMINANT MYOCARDITIS; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFANT; MALE; MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT; MYOCARDITIS; ORTHOTOPIC HEART TRANSPLANTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 79957835524     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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