BMC Cardiovascular Disorders | |
Dramatic and early response to low-dose steroid in the treatment of acute eosinophilic myocarditis: a case report | |
Case Report | |
Yu-Cheng Chang1  Yu-Wei Chen2  Wei-Chun Chang3  Wen-Lieng Lee4  Chih-Hung Lai4  Chieh-Shou Su4  | |
[1] Department of Cardiology, Asia University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China;Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital Chiayi Branch, Chiayi, Taiwan, Republic of China;Division of Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, 1650 Taiwan Boulevard Sect. 4, 40705, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China;Division of Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, 1650 Taiwan Boulevard Sect. 4, 40705, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China;School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China; | |
关键词: Case report; Eosinophilia; Heart failure; Hypereosinophilic syndrome; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Myocarditis; Steroids; | |
DOI : 10.1186/s12872-017-0547-9 | |
received in 2016-09-25, accepted in 2017-04-28, 发布年份 2017 | |
来源: Springer | |
【 摘 要 】
BackgroundEosinophilic myocarditis encompasses a variety of etiologies and the prognosis varies. For patients with a hypersensitive response to medications, high-dose corticosteroids and discontinuation of culprit medications are the main treatments.Case presentationWe reported a young man with biopsy-proven eosinophilic myocarditis which was possibly induced by Chinese herbal medicine. His heart failure and left ventricular hypertrophy improved soon after low-dose corticosteroid.ConclusionLow-dose corticosteroid may be effective in selected patients with eosinophilic myocarditis. Early echocardiographic follow-up is mandatory for evaluation of the clinical response.
【 授权许可】
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© The Author(s). 2017
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