Cardiac transplantation in giant cell myocarditis. A case report.
The present report describes a 15-year-old boy who underwent an urgent cardiac transplantation for giant cell myocarditis because of fulminant progressive heart failure, complicated by ventricular tachycardia, unresponsive to classical inotropic medical treatment. The physiopathology and the treatment are discussed.
Laruelle
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Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.
Vanhaecke
J
J
Van de Werf
F
F
Flameng
W
W
Verbeken
E
E
Meyns
B
B
Vermeersch
P
P
De Geest
H
H
D000293:Adolescent; D015726:Giant Cells / Q000473:pathology; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*