Long-term evolution and prognostic stratification of biopsy-proven active myocarditis

Circulation

Volumn 128, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 2384-2394

  Anzini, Marco ^a   Merlo, Marco ^a   Sabbadini, Gastone ^a   Barbati, Giulia ^a   Finocchiaro, Gherardo ^a   Pinamonti, Bruno ^a   Salvi, Alessandro ^a   Perkan, Andrea ^a   Di Lenarda, Andrea ^b   Bussani, Rossana ^a   Bartunek, Jozef ^c   Sinagra, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b Imeldaziekenhuis   (Italy)

^c CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Cardiomyopathies; Follow up studies; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; AZATHIOPRINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE FLUTTER; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SECOND DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ACUTE DISEASE; BIOPSY; CARDIOMEGALY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BIOPSY; CARDIOMEGALY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888644995     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.003092     Document Type: Article

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