Repetitive fulminant influenza myocarditis requiring the use of circulatory assist devices

Internal Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 109-114

  Yoshimizu, Natsuko ^a   Tominaga, Tomo ^a   Ito, Takahide ^a   Nishida, Yusuke ^a   Wada, Yuki ^a   Sohmiya, Koichi ^a   Tanaka, Suguru ^a   Shibata, Kensaku ^a   Kanzaki, Yumiko ^a   Ukimura, Akira ^a   Morita, Hideaki ^a   Hoshiga, Masaaki ^a   Ishizaka, Nobukazu ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac support therapy; Fulminant myocarditis; Influenza virus; Viral myocarditis

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; GADOLINIUM; MILRINONE; PERAMIVIR; TROPONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; HYPOTENSION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INTRAAORTIC BALLOON PUMP; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CATECHOLAMINES; CYCLOPENTANES; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GUANIDINES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMPING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDITIS; RECURRENCE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84892562438     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.53.1117     Document Type: Article

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