Acute viral myocarditis: Current concepts in diagnosis and treatment

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 180-185

  Shauer, Ayelet ^a   Gotsman, Israel ^a   Keren, Andre ^a,b   Zwas, Donna R ^a   Hellman, Yaron ^a   Durst, Ronen ^a   Admon, Dan ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute myocarditis; Cardiac arrhythmias; Heart failure; Inflammatory cardiomyopathy; Inflammatory heart disease; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA INTERFERON; CYCLOSPORIN; GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MYOSIN; OKT 3; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE; TROPONIN C; TROPONIN I;

ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GIANT CELL; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN PARVOVIRUS B19; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MYOCARDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; VIREMIA; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADENOVIRIDAE; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84875408258     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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