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Therapy and hemodynamic parameters of patient no. 1 and no. 2 throughout the first nine days of intensive care treatment. IABP: intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation.
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As in the case of patient no. 1, weaning from inotropic support (dobutamine 3.7 mug/kg/min) was primarily unsuccessful, and sinus tachycardia remained a relevant clinical symptom (Figure 1).
Epicardial late enhancement in the basal inferolateral region in cardiac MRI.
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Although cardiac MRI ruled out myocardial edema, epicardial late enhancement was detected in the basal inferolateral region which was interpreted as an unspecific postmyocarditis phenomenon (Figure 2).
PMC3180827_02
Therapy and hemodynamic parameters of patient no. 1 and no. 2 throughout the first nine days of intensive care treatment. IABP: intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation.
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As in the case of patient no. 1, weaning from inotropic support (dobutamine 3.7 mug/kg/min) was primarily unsuccessful, and sinus tachycardia remained a relevant clinical symptom (Figure 1).
Inflammatory cardiomyopathy with mononuclear infiltration in histopathological analysis.
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Multiple endomyocardial biopsies taken during the procedure confirmed the diagnosis of inflammatory cardiomyopathy with mononuclear infiltration in histological analysis (Figure 3).