Acute eosinophilic myocarditis mimicking myocardial infarction

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 355-357

  Thambidorai, Senthil K ^a,b   Korlakunta, Hema L ^a   Arouni, Amy J ^a   Hunter, William J ^a   Holmberg, Mark J ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute disease; Biopsy; Diagnosis, differential; Eosinophilia etiology pathology therapy; Heart failure etiology; Immunosuppressive agents therapeutic use; Myocarditis classification diagnosis drug therapy etiology pathology; Necrosis; Prednisone therapeutic use

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; TROPONIN;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ACUTE EOSINOPHILIC MYOCARDITIS; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TAMPONADE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SINUS RHYTHM; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SURVIVAL; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREADMILL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BIOPSY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; NECROSIS; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69749117818     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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