Idiopathic giant cell myocarditis and cardiac sarcoidosis

Heart Failure Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 733-746

  Blauwet, Lori A ^a   Cooper, Leslie T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Dilated cardiomyopathy; Endomyocardial biopsy; Heart failure; Myocarditis; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ALEMTUZUMAB; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; AZATHIOPRINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; PENTOXIFYLLINE; STEROID; TECHNETIUM 99M; THALIDOMIDE; THALLIUM 201;

ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; AUTOIMMUNITY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC GIANT CELL MYOCARDITIS; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; INFECTION; MORBIDITY; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS; SCINTIGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; GIANT CELLS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; MYOCARDITIS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RARE DISEASES; SARCOIDOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84888204827     PISSN: 13824147     EISSN: 15737322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10741-012-9358-3     Document Type: Article

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