Recurrent coxsackie B viral myocarditis leading to progressive impairment of left ventricular function over 8 years

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Karavidas, Apostolos ^a   Lazaros, George ^a   Noutsias, Michel ^b   Matzaraki, Vasilliki ^a   Danias, Peter G ^c   Pyrgakis, Vlassios ^a   Voudris, Vassilios ^d   Adamopoulos, Stamatis ^d  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coxsackie B; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Recurrent myocardtis

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CASE REPORT; COXSACKIE VIRUS B; COXSACKIE VIRUS B1; COXSACKIE VIRUS B5; COXSACKIE VIRUS INFECTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DYSPNEA; ECG ABNORMALITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 80052328961     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.05.030     Document Type: Article

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