Myopericarditis: Etiology, management, and prognosis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-26

  Imazio, Massimo ^a   Trinchero, Rita ^a  

^a MARIA VITTORIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Myocarditis; Myopericarditis; Pericarditis; Pericardium; Perimyocarditis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTHRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; COCAINE; CYTARABINE; HEART ENZYME; IBUPROFEN; METHYLDOPA; METHYSERGIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHENYLBUTAZONE; SULFONAMIDE; TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADENOVIRUS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; COXSACKIE VIRUS A; COXSACKIE VIRUS B; CROHN DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHO VIRUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENTEROVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; LABORATORY TEST; MEASLES VIRUS; MORTALITY; MUMPS VIRUS; MYCOSIS; MYOCARDITIS; MYOPERICARDITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARVOVIRUS; PERICARDITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHINOVIRUS; SARCOIDOSIS; SEX RATIO; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T WAVE INVERSION; THORAX PAIN; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VACCINIA VIRUS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDITIS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 43949113280     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.10.053     Document Type: Review

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