Open AccessCytomegalovirus myocarditis in transplanted heart verified by endomyocardial biopsy
Author(s) -
Partanen J.,
Nieminen M. S.,
Krogerus L.,
Geagea A.,
Lautenschlager I.,
Aarnio P.,
Mattila S.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960141012
Subject(s) - medicine , myocarditis , cytomegalovirus , endomyocardial biopsy , biopsy , heart transplantation , cytomegalovirus infection , heart disease , disease , cytomegalovirus infections , heart failure , pathology , herpesviridae , virus , human cytomegalovirus , viral disease , immunology
Cytomeglovirus infections are common disorders after heart transplantations. Manifestation of the virus without a clinical disease is still more prevalent. Differentiation of clinical infections from cytomegalovirus activations without major pathogenetic importance issues a challenge in the follow‐up of patients with cardiac transplants. The case describes a 56‐year‐old female patient with a multiple organ lethal infection and myocarditis due to cytomegalovirus diagnosed during life with endomyocardial biopsy.