Immunosuppressive therapy in myocarditis

Circulation Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 4-7

  Frustaci, Andrea ^a   Chimenti, Cristina ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Immunosuppressive therapy; Myocarditis; Viruses

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CD68 ANTIGEN; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; FETOPROTEIN; PREDNISONE; AUTOANTIBODY; HLA ANTIGEN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADENOVIRIDAE; APOPTOSIS; BIOPSY; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; ENTEROVIRUS; GENE ACTIVATION; HEART DEATH; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MYOCARDITIS; NECROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; COMPLICATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DISEASES;

AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HEART FAILURE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84925437006     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-14-1192     Document Type: Review

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