Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of a patient with chloroquine-induced cardiomyopathy confirmed by endomyocardial biopsy

Circulation

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Reffelmann, Thorsten ^a   Naami, Amjad ^a   Spuentrup, Elmar ^a   Kühl, Harald Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; GADOLINIUM; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCARDIAL BIOPSY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ADULT; BIOPSY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; HEART MUSCLE; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHLOROQUINE; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 33747627118     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.600627     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Baguet JP, Tremel F, Fabre M. Chloroquine cardiomyopathy with conduction disorders. Heart. 1999;81:221-223.
2. Teixera RA, Filho MM, Benvenuti LA, Costa R, Pedrosa AA, Nishióka SAD. Cardiac damage from chronic use of chloroquine: a case report and review of the literature. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2002;79:85-88.