Clinical course of myocarditis through the acute, fulminant and fatal chronic stages - An autopsy case

Circulation Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1086-1090

  Hiramitsu, Shinya ^a   Morimoto, Shin Ichiro ^a   Kato, Shigeru ^a   Uemura, Akihisa ^a   Ohtsuki, Masatsugu ^a   Kato, Yasuchika ^a   Miyagishima, Kenji ^a   Mori, Nami ^a   Yoda, Ryuji ^a   Mori, Kazumasa ^a   Kimura, Hisashi ^a   Yamamoto, Naoki ^b   Hishida, Hitoshi ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic myocarditis; Fulminant myocarditis; Percutaneous cardiopulmonary support

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; STEROID THERAPY; SYMPTOM;

AGED; AUTOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDITIS; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33746713735     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.70.1086     Document Type: Article

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