Biopsy-proven autoimmune myocarditis in HIV-associated dilated cardiomyopathy

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Frustaci, Andrea ^a   Petrosillo, Nicola ^a   Francone, Marco ^b   Verardo, Romina ^a   Ippolito, Giuseppe ^a   Chimenti, Cristina ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biopsy (Heart); Heart failure; HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus); Myocarditis; Recovery of function

Indexed keywords

CARVEDILOL; DARUNAVIR; DIGOXIN; EMTRICITABINE; ENALAPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; HLA DR ANTIGEN; RITONAVIR; STEROID; TENOFOVIR;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE MYOCARDITIS; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HIV ASSOCIATED DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; VIRUS LOAD; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; COMPLICATION; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; PATHOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 84924022367     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-014-0729-3     Document Type: Article

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