Serological evidence for the association of Bartonella henselae infection with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 469-471

  Fischer, Andreas H ^a   Van Der Loo, Bernd ^a   Schär, Gertrud M ^a   Zbinden, Reinhard ^a   Duru, Firat ^a   Brunckhorst, Corinna ^a   Rousson, Valentin ^a   Delacrétaz, Etienne ^b   Stuber, Thomas ^b   Oechslin, Erwin N ^a   Follath, Ferenc ^a   Jenni, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; Bartonella; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; PATHOGENESIS; RICKETTSIOSIS; BLOOD DONOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; ANGIOMATOSIS, BACILLARY; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; VENTRICULOGRAPHY, FIRST-PASS;

EID: 54549122526     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20269     Document Type: Article

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