Unexpected eosinophilic myocarditis in a young woman with rapidly progressive dilated cardiomyopathy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 86, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 295-297

  Bilinska, Zofia T ^a   Bilinska, Maria ^a   Grzybowski, Jacek ^a   Przyluski, Jakub ^a   Michalak, Ewa ^a   Walczak, Ewa ^b   Wagner, Teresa ^b   Ruzyllo, Witold ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Antiparasitic agents; Cardiomyopathy, congestive; Eosinophils; Heart transplantation; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; EOSINOPHILIA; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MYOCARDITIS; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCARDITIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036888583     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(02)00304-2     Document Type: Article

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