Late constrictive involvement of the pericardium in a case of previous myocarditis

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 327-329

  Wessely, Rainer ^a   Vorpahl, Marc ^a   Schömig, Albert ^a   Klingel, Karin ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Constrictive pericarditis; Diastolic dysfunction; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; COXSACKIE VIRUS B; COXSACKIE VIRUS INFECTION; DIASTOLE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; SEROCONVERSION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DIASTOLE; ENTEROVIRUS B, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDITIS, CONSTRICTIVE; PERICARDIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 8844269460     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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