title: A fatal case with eosinophilia after pediatric heart transplantation.
abstract: Sudden death after pediatric cardiac transplant is a rare and devastating event. We report the case of a young girl who died suddenly with an unexplained persistent peripheral blood eosinophilia after cardiac transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Labatt Family Heart Centre, University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. jennifer.conway@sickkids.ca
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Conway
authors.forename: Gregory J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Anne I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Dipchand
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000209:etiology; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications