Acute myocarditis and eosinophilic pneumonia: Good outcome after medical treatment and long-term follow-up;Myocardite aiguë et pneumopathie à éosinophiles: Évolution favorable après traitement medical et suivi à long terme - A propos d'un cas

Archives des Maladies du Coeur et des Vaisseaux

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-66

  Fourcade, L ^a   Heno, P ^a   Paule, P ^a   Braem, L ^a   Quilici, J ^b   Bonnet, D ^c   Bonnet, J L ^b   Touze, J E ^a  

^a Service de Cardiologie   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Service de Pneumologie Hia Laveran   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE EOSINOPHILIC MYOCARDITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; HYPOXEMIA; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG LAVAGE; MYOCARDITIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; REMISSION; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; PNEUMONIA; PULMONARY EOSINOPHILIA; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0742283979     PISSN: 00039683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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