Giant Cell Myocarditis: Case Review
| Author | Meysam Khoshavi | en |
| Author | Ahmad Amin | en |
| Author | Mousa Youssef | en |
| Author | Sepideh Taghavi | en |
| Author | Nasim Naderi | en |
| Author | Iman Divanbeigi | en |
| Author | Shabnam Madadi | en |
| Author | Majid Haghjoo | en |
| Author | Zahra Emkanjoo | en |
| Orcid | Ahmad Amin [0000-0002-4046-5748] | en |
| Orcid | Sepideh Taghavi [0000-0002-3129-0077] | en |
| Orcid | Nasim Naderi [0000-0001-6067-040X] | en |
| Orcid | Zahra Emkanjoo [0000-0002-7599-5634] | en |
| Issued Date | 2018-07-31 | en |
| Abstract | Introduction: Although giant cell myocarditis (GCM) is a rare, potentially fatal disease but its true prevalence is likely to be underestimated. GCM can lead to progressive heart failure, fatal ventricular arrhythmia and atrio-ventricular block. Case Presentation: The present report describes three cases of biopsy-proven GCM with clinical presentation including arrhythmia and heart failure. All patients were treated with immunosuppressant drugs. Conclusions: Arrhythmia and symptoms of heart failure with immunosuppression had a relative improvement in three patients. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5812/mca.80901 | en |
| Keyword | Giant Cell Myocarditis | en |
| Keyword | Arrhythmia | en |
| Keyword | Immunosuppressant | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Giant Cell Myocarditis: Case Review | en |
| Type | Case Report | en |