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High-dose immunoglobulin G therapy for fulminant myocarditis
Y Takeda1, S Yasuda, S Miyazaki
1Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Japanese Circulation Journal
|December 18, 1998
Abstract:
The cardiac function of an adult patient with fulminant myocarditis requiring a mechanical circulatory support was improved, along with the suppressed release of inflammatory mediators, after intravenous infusion with high-dose immunoglobulin. This therapy may have immunomodulatory effects and serve as a potential adjunctive therapy for patients with fulminant myocarditis.