Rapid progressive eosinophilic cardiomyopathy in a patient with Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS)

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 289-294

  Rosenberg, M ^a   Lorenz, H M ^a   Gassler, N ^a   Katus, H A ^a   Frey, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergic asthma; Churg Strauss syndrome; Eosinophilia; Eosinophilic cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MAJOR BASIC PROTEIN; METHOTREXATE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PROGNOSIS; SMOKING; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33646505148     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-006-0364-0     Document Type: Article

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