Giant Cell Myocarditis Mimicking Idiopathic Fascicular Ventricular Tachycardia

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 238-241

  Weidenbach, Michael ^a   Springer, Tina ^a   Daehnert, Ingo ^a   Klingel, Karin ^b   Doll, Susanne ^a   Janoušek, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; EVEROLIMUS; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS; VERAPAMIL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; GIANT CELL; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC FASCICULAR HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERSTITIAL MYOCARDITIS; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MYOCARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QRS COMPLEX; SINUS RHYTHM; TACHYCARDIA;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GIANT CELLS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYOCARDITIS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38949096787     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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