A fatal case with eosinophilia after pediatric heart transplantation

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2011 May;30(5):596-9. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.01.713. Epub 2011 Mar 17.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac
  • Eosinophilia / complications
  • Eosinophilia / diagnosis*
  • Eosinophilia / pathology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Graft Rejection / etiology
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
  • Heart Transplantation*
  • Humans
  • Myocarditis / complications
  • Myocarditis / diagnosis
  • Myocarditis / pathology
  • Postoperative Complications*