Cardiac Failure after Liver Transplantation Requiring a Biventricular Assist Device

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(a) Prussian-Blue stain showing iron granules in hepatocytes and bile duct epithelium in the explanted liver. (b) PAS-Diastase stain showing alpha 1 antitrypsin globules in periportal hepatocytes in the explanted liver. (c) Prussian-Blue stain showing iron granules in Kuppfer cells in the transplanted liver. (d) Prussian-Blue stain with extensive cytoplasmic iron in cardiac myocytes. (e) Hematoxylin and Eosin stain with intracytoplasmic hemosiderin in myocytes. (f) Prussian-Blue stain high power view of cytoplasmic iron in cardiac myocytes.

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