A fatal case with eosinophilia after pediatric heart transplantation

Sudden death after pediatric cardiac transplant is a rare and devastating event. We report the case of a young girl who died suddenly with an unexplained persistent peripheral blood eosinophilia after cardiac transplantation.

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Published inThe Journal of heart and lung transplantation Vol. 30; no. 5; pp. 596 - 599
Main Authors Conway, Jennifer, MD, FRCPC, Wilson, Gregory J., MD, FRCPC, Dipchand, Anne I., MD, FRCPC
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.05.2011
Elsevier
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology. Vascular system
Child, Preschool
Death, Sudden, Cardiac
Eosinophilia - complications
Eosinophilia - diagnosis
Eosinophilia - pathology
eosinophils
Fatal Outcome
Female
Graft Rejection - etiology
Heart Defects, Congenital - surgery
Heart Transplantation
Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases
Humans
Medical sciences
Myocarditis - complications
Myocarditis - diagnosis
Myocarditis - pathology
Other diseases. Hematologic involvement in other diseases
pediatrics
Postoperative Complications
sudden death
Surgery
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the heart
sudden death
eosinophils
heart transplantation
pediatrics
Human
Heart
Pediatrics
Hemopathy
Homotransplantation
Eosinophilia
Phlebology
Fatal course
Case study
Treatment
Surgery
Graft
Cardiac transplantation
Circulatory system
Cardiology
Child
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Summary:Sudden death after pediatric cardiac transplant is a rare and devastating event. We report the case of a young girl who died suddenly with an unexplained persistent peripheral blood eosinophilia after cardiac transplantation.
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ISSN:1053-2498
1557-3117
DOI:10.1016/j.healun.2011.01.713