Cereda Manuela, Trocino Giuseppe, Pogliani Enrico Maria, Schiavina Riccardo
Cardiothoracic Department, Division of Cardiology, University of Milan-Bicocca, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, MI, Italy.
Ital Heart J. 2003 Jan;4(1):60-3.
A 29-year-old male developed symptoms and signs of heart failure shortly after allogenic bone marrow transplantation for chronic myelogenous leukemia. Echocardiographic evaluation showed left ventricular wall thickening, a left ventricular restrictive filling pattern and pericardial effusion. Cardiac magnetic resonance revealed nodular areas compatible with lymphocyte infiltration. The hypothesis of cardiac graft-versus-host disease was supported by the reversibility of all the abnormalities after specific treatment.
