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  • Title: Successful treatment of severe heart failure caused by idiopathic giant cell myocarditis.
    Author: Desjardins V, Pelletier G, Leung TK, Waters D.
    Journal: Can J Cardiol; 1992 Oct; 8(8):788-92. PubMed ID: 1422999.
    Abstract:
    A 53-year-old woman presented with increasing dyspnea over one month and signs of severe heart failure. A right ventricular biopsy revealed giant cell myocarditis. She was treated with a combination of cyclosporine, imuran and prednisone and improved dramatically--left ventricular ejection fraction increased from 13 to 66%. That such a response is possible has important implications with respect to both the etiology and treatment of this rare disorder.
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