Detection of viral genome in the myocardium: Lack of prognostic and functional relevance in patients with acute dilated cardiomyopathy

American Heart Journal

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 850-858

  Kuethe, Friedhelm ^a   Sigusch, Holger H ^b   Hilbig, Kristina ^a   Tresselt, Christiane ^c   Glück, Brigitte ^a   Egerer, Renate ^a   Figulla, Hans R ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Krankenhaus Zwickau   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADENOVIRUS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOME ANALYSIS; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARVOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RNA REPLICATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADENOVIRIDAE; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DNA, VIRAL; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENOME, VIRAL; GERMANY; HEART; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; RNA, VIRAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34247143652     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.02.013     Document Type: Article

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