Myocardial catastrophe: a case of sudden, severe myocardial dysfunction

Circulation. 2014 Sep 2;130(10):854-62. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.007417.
No abstract available

Keywords: anticoagulants; antiphospholipid syndrome; heart-assist devices; shock, cardiogenic.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
  • Antiphospholipid Syndrome / complications*
  • Antiphospholipid Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Antiphospholipid Syndrome / therapy
  • Biopsy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart / physiopathology*
  • Heart-Assist Devices
  • Humans
  • Myocarditis / diagnosis*
  • Myocarditis / etiology
  • Myocarditis / therapy
  • Myocardium / pathology
  • Plasmapheresis
  • Thrombosis / diagnosis*
  • Thrombosis / etiology
  • Thrombosis / prevention & control
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anticoagulants