Fulminant myocarditis with dramatic response to corticoids

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-99

  Moreels, Mickaël ^a   Delforge, Marie Luce ^a   Renard, Marc ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Corticoids; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; AMIODARONE; BISOPROLOL; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DOBUTAMINE; ENOXAPARIN; FUROSEMIDE; LISINOPRIL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MOXIFLOXACIN; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COXSACKIE VIRUS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN BIOPSY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASCULITIS; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; COXSACKIEVIRUS INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENTEROVIRUS B, HUMAN; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77749335444     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.65.1.2045898     Document Type: Article

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