title: Case of fulminant giant-cell myocarditis associated with polymyositis, treated with a biventricular assist device and subsequent heart transplantation.
abstract: Giant-cell myocarditis is an autoimmune myocarditis that rapidly progresses to heart failure, and is often associated ventricular tachycardia. We describe an otherwise healthy patient who was acutely ill with decompensated heart failure and ventricular tachycardia associated with rash and polymyositis, who then developed cardiogenic shock and multiorgan failure due to giant-cell myocarditis.
authors.affiliation: Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA.
authors.forename: Ryan P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Morrissey
authors.forename: Jamal S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Rana
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Luthringer
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Lawrence S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Czer
authors.forename: Kiran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Philip
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kass
authors.forename: Ernst R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Schwarz
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D017285:Polymyositis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*