A case of sudden cardiac death due to isolated eosinophilic coronary arteritis

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1047-1050

  Lepper, Philipp M ^a   Koenig, Wolfgang ^a   Möller, Peter ^a   Ferner, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arteritis; Churg Strauss syndrome; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTERITIS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CHILDBIRTH; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILIC CORONARY ARTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 23744495948     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.2.1047     Document Type: Article

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