Parvovirus B19-associated active myocarditis with biventricular thrombi: Results of endomyocardial biopsy investigations and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

Circulation

Volumn 115, Issue 13, 2007, Pages

  Noutsias, Michel ^a   Kuehl, Uwe ^a   Lassner, Dirk ^b   Gross, Ulrich ^b   Pauschinger, Matthias ^a   Schultheiss, Heinz Peter ^a   Gutberlet, Matthias ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Institute of Cardiac Diagnostics and Therapy (IKDT)   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CARVEDILOL; DIGITALIS; DIURETIC AGENT; EPLERENONE; HEPARIN; PHENPROCOUMON; RAMIPRIL; TROPONIN T; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARVOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN DEATH; THROMBUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; BIOPSY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART DISEASE; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOLOGY; THROMBOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANTICOAGULANTS; BIOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART DISEASES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34247242150     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.667360     Document Type: Article

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