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Biventricular assist for severe acute rheumatic pancarditis
B J Amsel1, H De Raedt, I E Rodrigus
1Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital of Antwerp, Belgium.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|July 1, 1996
Abstract:
Severe heart failure in acute rheumatic myocarditis is rare. It may be rapidly reversible with treatment, so maximal medical treatment and, if necessary, mechanical support should be given before heart transplantation is considered.