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Does prolonged dobutamine use induce eosinophilic myocarditis in pediatric patients awaiting cardiac transplantation?
Does prolonged dobutamine use induce eosinophilic myocarditis in pediatric patients awaiting cardiac transplantation?
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Prolonged dobutamine use prior to cardiac transplantation may induce eosinophilic myocarditis.
We describe a 9-year-old girl who was noted to have eosinophilic myocarditis in her native heart after it was explanted during cardiac transplantation. On the basis of absence of evidence for primary or secondary eosinophilia, we suggest that the prolonged use of dobutamine prior to transplantation might have induced the eosinophilic myocarditis.
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