Fulminant eosinophilic myocarditis following ICD implantation in a patient with undisclosed nickel allergy

Int J Cardiol. 2016 Jan 15:203:1018-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.11.119. Epub 2015 Nov 17.

Authors

Erik Fung¹, Michael W Fong¹, Adrian J Correa², Andrew J Yoon¹, Luanda P Grazette³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Southern California, Keck Medical Center of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
² Department of Pathology, University of Southern California, Keck Medical Center of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
³ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Southern California, Keck Medical Center of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address: grazette@usc.edu.

PMID: 26630628
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.11.119

No abstract available

Keywords: Allergy; Cardiogenic shock; Heart failure; Myocarditis; Nickel.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Administration, Intravenous
Defibrillators, Implantable / adverse effects*
Eosinophilia / blood
Eosinophilia / urine
Glucocorticoids / administration & dosage
Heart Failure / diagnosis*
Heart Failure / drug therapy
Humans
Hypersensitivity / etiology*
Hypersensitivity / immunology
Male
Methylprednisolone / administration & dosage
Middle Aged
Myocarditis / immunology
Myocarditis / pathology*
Nickel / adverse effects*
Nickel / immunology
Prednisone / administration & dosage
Shock, Cardiogenic / complications
Shock, Cardiogenic / drug therapy

Substances

Glucocorticoids
Nickel
Prednisone
Methylprednisolone