An unusual case of giant cell myocarditis missed in a Heartmate-2 left ventricle apical-wedge section: a case report and review of the literature

Herein we present a case of fulminant myocarditis in a woman previously treated for B-cell lymphoma. While the clinical context was suggestive of adriamycin-induced cardiomyopathy, the initial pathology of the Heartmate-2 apical core showed lymphocytic myocarditis. After 8 months of stability, the p...

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Autores principales: Anderson, Kim, Carrier, Michel, Romeo, Philippe, Pelletier, Guy B, Liszkowski, Mark, Racine, Normand, White, Michel, Ducharme, Anique
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3554427/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23324434
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-8-12

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3554427/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23324434
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-8-12

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