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Case Reports
. 1994 May-Jun;13(3):543-5.

Treatment of serious heart failure by transplantation in giant cell myocarditis diagnosed by endomyocardial biopsy

M S Nieminen  1 , U S Salminen, E Taskinen, P Heikkilä, J Partanen
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  • PMID: 8061033
Case Reports

Treatment of serious heart failure by transplantation in giant cell myocarditis diagnosed by endomyocardial biopsy

M S Nieminen et al. J Heart Lung Transplant. 1994 May-Jun.

Abstract

We describe a 47-year-old man who had rapidly progressive heart failure caused by giant cell myocarditis with no response to steroid therapy. A successful heart transplantation was performed after life-threatening arrhythmias. The diagnosis was made by endomyocardial biopsy before transplantation, and it was confirmed by the histologic condition of the recipient heart. The patient has been on a triple-immunosuppression therapy with no signs of rejection or recurrence of giant cell myocarditis 23 months after surgery.

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