Immunoadsorption in a 40 year old man with dilated cardiomyopathy and underlying active myocarditis

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 787-790

  Müller, Iris I ^a   Klingel, Karin ^a   Nikolaev, Viacheslav O ^b   Jahns, R ^b   Gawaz, Meinrad P ^a   Weig, Hans Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARVEDILOL; EPLERENONE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; RAMIPRIL; TORASEMIDE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOADSORPTION; LETTER; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEURA EFFUSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; HUMANS; IMMUNOSORBENT TECHNIQUES; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52449105950     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-008-0689-y     Document Type: Letter

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