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Successful bridge to recovery in fulminant myocarditis using a biventricular assist device: a case report

BACKGROUND: Fulminant myocarditis is a life-threatening disease, and myocardial damage expands the right ventricle as well as the left ventricle in some cases. There is a mortality rate of over 40% in patients with fulminant myocarditis who need mechanical circulatory support by peripheral venoarter...

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Autores principales: Adachi, Yusuke, Kinoshita, Osamu, Hatano, Masaru, Shintani, Yukako, Naito, Noritsugu, Kimura, Mitsutoshi, Nawata, Kan, Nitta, Daisuke, Maki, Hisataka, Ueda, Kazutaka, Amiya, Eisuke, Takimoto, Eiki, Komuro, Issei, Ono, Minoru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5654049/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29061186
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-017-1466-1