Immunosuppressive therapy for the control of life threatening ventricular arrhythmias in chronic myocarditis;Immunsuppressive Therapie zur effektiven Suppression lebensbedrohlicher ventrikularer Tachyarrhythmien bei chronischer Myokarditis

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 298-308

  Vester, E G ^a   Klein, R M ^a   Kuhl U ^b   Schultheiss H P ^b   Perings, Chr ^a   Hennersdorf, M ^a   Ganschow, U S ^a   Schannwell, Chr M ^a   Strauer, B E ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

immunosuppressive therapy; myocarditis; ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MYOCARDITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0030906359     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003920050062     Document Type: Article

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