An autopsy case of isolated eosinophilic coronary periarteritis: A limited form of Churg-Strauss syndrome or a new entity?

Internal Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 586-589

  Taira, Kayano ^a   Tsunoda, Rikiya ^a   Watanabe, Tatsuya ^a   Fujino, Akihisa ^a   Ogyu, Astuhiro ^a   Ashikawa, Kouichi ^a  

^a Yonezawa City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary Strauss syndrome; Eosinophilic periarteritis; Sudden death; Vasospastic angina

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE MB; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ADVENTITIA; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; DEATH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEART ARREST; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISOLATED EOSINOPHILIC CORONARY POLYARTERITIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; RESUSCITATION; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ARTERITIS; AUTOPSY; CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EOSINOPHILIA; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 21644456998     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.586     Document Type: Article

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