Successful Bridge-to-Recovery Treatment in a Young Patient with Fulminant Eosinophilic Myocarditis: Roles of a Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device and Endomyocardial Biopsy

Successful Bridge-to-Recovery Treatment in a Young Patient with Fulminant Eosinophilic Myocarditis: Roles of a Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device and Endomyocardial Biopsy

Eosinophilic myocarditis (EM) is a rare condition characterized by myocardial eosinophilic infiltration due to various underlying etiologies. The patient with EM may benefit from appropriate use of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) that acts as a bridge to myocardial recovery in response to effec...

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Main Authors: Saki Hasegawa-Tamba, Keiki Sugi, Yodo Gatate, Kanako Sugiyama, Toshihiro Muramatsu, Shigeyuki Nishimura, Masanori Yasuda, Kenji Fukushima, Shintaro Nakano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8236735

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8236735

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