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MYOPERICARDITIS IN THE SETTING OF CLASSIC ACUTE GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE (GVHD): A RARE COMPLICATION
- Source :
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 73:2726
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2019.
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Abstract
- Graft versus Host Disease (GvHD) is a serious complication of allogenic stem cell transplant (SCT). Although cardiac involvement is rare, outcomes are poor with mortality as high as 43%. A 25 yo male with ALL status post Hyper-CVAD (cyclophosphamide, Vincristine, Adriamycin, Dexamethasone) and SCT
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Vincristine
Cyclophosphamide
business.industry
medicine.disease
Gastroenterology
surgical procedures, operative
Graft-versus-host disease
immune system diseases
hemic and lymphatic diseases
Internal medicine
Acute graft versus host disease
medicine
Stem cell
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Complication
Dexamethasone
medicine.drug
Myopericarditis
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 07351097
- Volume :
- 73
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........bc635ee96303a22d7a3833d6314b13f3
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(19)33332-7