Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2652543 | Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care | 2011 | 6 Pages |
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.
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Authors
Ryan P. Morrissey, Jamal S. Rana, Daniel J. Luthringer, Victor Cheng, Lawrence S. Czer, Kiran Philip, Robert Kass, Ernst R. Schwarz,