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Inglis SS, Gupta AR, Alexandrino FB, Aubry MC, Cooper LT, Anavekar NS, Behfar A, Dunlay SM, Jentzer JC, daSilva-deAbreu A. Eosinophilic Endomyocarditis After COVID-19 Infection in a Heart Transplant Recipient. JACC Case Rep 2024; 29:102527. [PMID: 39359976 PMCID: PMC11442253 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2024] [Revised: 07/22/2024] [Accepted: 07/25/2024] [Indexed: 10/04/2024]
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Eosinophilic myocarditis (EM) is a rare cause of heart failure, with high in-hospital mortality associated with fulminant disease. A 61-year-old female transplant recipient was diagnosed with COVID-19 after presenting with 2 days of constitutional symptoms. She developed acute heart failure from EM. After an initial response to inotropic support and corticosteroids, she had a relapse with de novo peripheral eosinophilia which responded to further eosinophilic myocarditis management and the addition of mepolizumab. Although there have been reports after COVID-19 vaccination, association with active SARS-CoV-2 infection is rare. This paper reports, for the first time, the case of a heart transplant recipient with EM after COVID-19.
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- Sara S Inglis
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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Placidi S, Francalanci P, Adorisio R, Girardi K, Vinti L, Panebianco M, Rebonato M, Amodeo A, Grutter G. Lymphomonocytic inflammatory infiltrate with numerous eosinophilic granulocytes in the interstitium in a surviving heart transplant recipient: a case report. Front Cardiovasc Med 2024; 11:1341426. [PMID: 38756749 PMCID: PMC11097779 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1341426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 04/12/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024] Open
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Findings of eosinophilic and lymphomonocytic inflammatory infiltrates in endomyocardial biopsies (EMBs) may help in myocardial disease diagnosis identification. Eosinophilic myocarditis (EM), a rare condition, is fatal if left untreated and has rarely been described in heart transplant recipients. An extensive work up is necessary to achieve an early etiological diagnosis; however, the underlying cause remains unexplained in nearly one-third of the patients. The cornerstone of treatment is corticosteroids, comprehensive therapy and heart failure management (including advanced mechanical support for fulminant myocarditis). We have described the case of a 17-year-old heart transplant recipient who presented with a cardiogenic shock. He was admitted to our intensive care unit and treated with inotropic drugs, such as milrinone, adrenaline, vasopressin, and levosimendan; the doses of these drugs were in accordance with our internal protocol. The patient underwent cardiac catheterization, coronarography, and right ventricular EMB. EMB revealed inflammatory lymphomonocytic and eosinophil granulocyte infiltrates; thus, steroid therapy was initiated, with complete recovery achieved after 15 days. Performing an early differential diagnosis among eosinophilic infiltration, acute cellular rejection (ACR), and possible chemotherapeutic damage is emerging as an important challenge. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a lymphomonocytic inflammatory infiltration with numerous eosinophilic granulocytes in the interstitium in a surviving heart transplant recipient.
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- Silvia Placidi
- Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Department, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Heart Failure, Transplant and Mechanical Cardiorespiratory Support Unit, Bambino Gesù Hospital and Research Institute, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology and of Cell and Gene Therapy, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology and of Cell and Gene Therapy, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Department, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Interventional Cardiology, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Heart Failure, Transplant and Mechanical Cardiorespiratory Support Unit, Bambino Gesù Hospital and Research Institute, Rome, Italy
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- Heart Failure, Transplant and Mechanical Cardiorespiratory Support Unit, Bambino Gesù Hospital and Research Institute, Rome, Italy
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Hope KD, Morris SA, Kearney DL, Puri K, Choudhry S, Spinner JA, Tunuguntla HP, Price JF, Dreyer WJ, Nicholas SK, Denfield SW. Atypical infiltrates on endomyocardial biopsy are associated with adverse outcomes in pediatric heart transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 2023; 42:1743-1752. [PMID: 37473824 DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2023.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Revised: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The significance of atypical infiltrates (eosinophils or plasma cells) on endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) after pediatric heart transplant (HTx) is not known. We hypothesized that atypical infiltrates are associated with worse post-HTx outcomes. METHODS We performed a retrospective cohort study of consecutive patients <21 years old who underwent primary HTx between 2013 and 2017. Multiorgan transplants were excluded. The presence of atypical infiltrates and burden of atypical infiltrates (rare vs predominant) on EMB were recorded. Primary outcome was a composite of cardiac allograft vasculopathy, graft failure (relisting or retransplant), or death. Presence of atypical infiltrates was evaluated: (1) overall using Cox regression with time-dependent covariates and (2) if present by 1 year post-HTx using Kaplan-Meier analysis. RESULTS Atypical infiltrates were present in 24 out of 95 patients (25%) and were associated with a higher likelihood of reaching the composite outcome (hazard ratio (HR) 6.22, 95% confidence interval (CI) 2.60-14.89, p < 0.0001). This persisted when controlling for rejection in multivariable analysis. There was also a greater risk of the composite outcome if ≥2 nonconsecutive EMBs had atypical infiltrates (HR 11.80, 95%CI 3.17-43.84, p = 0.0002) or if atypical infiltrates were the predominant feature on EMB (HR 30.58, 95%CI 9.34-100.06, p < 0.0001). Patients with atypical infiltrates by 1-year post-HTx had a 5-year freedom from the composite outcome of 48%, compared to 90% if no atypical infiltrates had been present by this timepoint (log rank p = 0.002). CONCLUSIONS The presence of atypical infiltrates on EMB is associated with significantly worse outcomes in children following HTx. These patients require closer follow-up to assess for developing graft dysfunction.
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- Kyle D Hope
- Lillie Frank Abercrombie Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
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- Lillie Frank Abercrombie Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiac & Surgical Pathology, Department of Pathology, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Lillie Frank Abercrombie Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Lillie Frank Abercrombie Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Lillie Frank Abercrombie Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Lillie Frank Abercrombie Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Lillie Frank Abercrombie Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Lillie Frank Abercrombie Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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McEachern W, Godown J, Dodd DA, Dipchand AI, Conway JL, Wilson GJ, Hoffman RD. Sudden death in a pediatric heart transplant recipient with peripheral eosinophilia and eosinophilic myocardial infiltrates. Pediatr Transplant 2017; 21. [PMID: 28504342 DOI: 10.1111/petr.12937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Eosinophilia has been rarely reported in pediatric heart transplant recipients and has been suggested to play a role in graft rejection. We report a case of a young female patient with peripheral blood eosinophilia who died suddenly 2 years following ABO-incompatible heart transplantation. She was found at autopsy to have myocardial infiltration of not only T-lymphocytes and macrophages expected in acute cellular rejection but also of eosinophils, B-lymphocytes, and plasma cells indicating myocarditis.
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- William McEachern
- Department of Pediatrics, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Labatt Family Heart Centre, University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- University of Alberta, Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Division of Pathology, University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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Dipchand AI, White M, Manlhiot C, Pollock-BarZiv S, Allain-Rooney T, West L, He Y, Touyz RM. Myocyte growth, repair, and oxidative stress following pediatric heart transplantation. Pediatr Transplant 2014; 18:764-70. [PMID: 25118092 DOI: 10.1111/petr.12337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cardiac remodeling is associated with plasma biomarkers of fibrinogenesis, inflammation, and oxidative stress, and upregulation of mitogenic, pro-fibrotic, and apoptotic signaling pathways. Our primary objective was to evaluate biomarker and subcellular myocardial changes in pediatric heart transplant recipients. Fifty-two-week prospective, randomized (tacrolimus, Tac, vs. cyclosporine, CsA), open-label, parallel group study. Serial myocardial biopsies were probed for mitogenic and pro-inflammatory proteins. Plasma biomarkers of oxidative stress (F2α isoprostanes, nitrotyrosine), and inflammation and oxidation (hsCRP and cystatin-C) were measured. Nine of 11 randomized patients completed the study (four Tac, five CsA). Mean levels of F2α isoprostanes, hsCRP, and cystatin-C were maximal at Week 2. Peak activation of all MAP kinases in myocardial tissue was maximal at Week 10; no association was seen with rejection. Cardiac Bax/Bcl-2 levels (index of apoptosis) correlated negatively with F2α isoprostanes at Week 2 (r = -0.88) and with hsCRP at Week 52 (r = -0.67). At Week 52, hsCRP levels correlated positively with molecular indices of cardiac cell growth. We found evidence of systemic and myocardial oxidative damage and inflammation early posttransplant, which may be related to the remodeling process. Further study is needed to better understand the cardiac and systemic repair processes following pediatric heart transplantation.
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- Anne I Dipchand
- Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Ko HM, Morotti RA, Yershov O, Chehade M. Eosinophilic gastritis in children: clinicopathological correlation, disease course, and response to therapy. Am J Gastroenterol 2014; 109:1277-85. [PMID: 24957155 DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2014.166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2013] [Accepted: 05/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Eosinophilic gastritis (EG), defined by histological criteria as marked eosinophilia in the stomach, is rare, and large studies in children are lacking. We sought to describe the clinical, endoscopic, and histopathological features of EG, assess for any concurrent eosinophilia at other sites of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, and evaluate response to dietary and pharmacological therapies. METHODS Pathology files at our medical center were searched for histological eosinophilic gastritis (HEG) with ≥70 gastric eosinophils per high-power field in children from 2005 to 2011. Pathology slides were evaluated for concurrent eosinophilia in the esophagus, duodenum, and colon. Medical records were reviewed for demographic characteristics, symptoms, endoscopic findings, comorbidities, and response to therapy. RESULTS Thirty children with severe gastric eosinophilia were identified, median age 7.5 years, 14 of whom had both eosinophilia limited to the stomach and clinical symptoms, fulfilling the clinicopathological definition of EG. Symptoms and endoscopic features were highly variable. History of atopy and food allergies was common. A total of 22% had protein-losing enteropathy (PLE). Gastric eosinophilia was limited to the fundus in two patients. Many patients had associated eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE, 43%) and 21% had eosinophilic enteritis. Response to dietary restriction therapy was high (82% clinical response and 78% histological response). Six out of sixteen patients had persistent EoE despite resolution of their gastric eosinophilia; two children with persistent HEG post therapy developed de novo concurrent EoE. CONCLUSIONS HEG in children can be present in the antrum and/or fundus. Symptoms and endoscopic findings vary, highlighting the importance of biopsies for diagnosis. HEG is associated with PLE, and with eosinophilia elsewhere in the GI tract including the esophagus. The disease is highly responsive to dietary restriction therapies in children, implicating an allergic etiology. Associated EoE is more resistant to therapy.
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- Huaibin M Ko
- Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Center for Eosinophilic Disorders, Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Center for Eosinophilic Disorders, Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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