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Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC, Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2(84), p. 167-169

DOI: 10.1590/s0066-782x2005000200014

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Insuficiência renal aguda após uso de imunoglobulina intravenosa para tratamento de miocardite

Journal article published in 2005 by Vitor Pordeus, Andréa Tostes, Cláudio Tinoco Mesquita ORCID, Charles Mady ORCID, Evandro Tinoco Mesquita
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Abstract

The patient is a 60-year-old female with functional class III/IV (NYHA) heart failure of an immunomediated etiology (autoimmune myocarditis). After unsuccessful therapeutic attempts, intravenous immunoglobulin was used, leading to deterioration in renal function, a rare complication of that therapy. After hemodialysis, the patient's renal function was restored, and the chronic heart failure improved to functional class I.