Myocarditis

LT Cooper Jr - New England Journal of Medicine, 2009 - Mass Medical Soc
The prognosis and treatment of myocarditis vary according to the cause, and clinical and
hemodynamic data usually offer guidance on when to refer a patient to a specialist for …

Diagnosis and treatment of viral myocarditis

JC Schultz, AA Hilliard, LT Cooper Jr, CS Rihal - Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2009 - Elsevier
Myocarditis, an inflammatory disease of heart muscle, is an important cause of dilated
cardiomyopathy worldwide. Viral infection is also an important cause of myocarditis, and the …

Mechanisms of cardiac fibrosis in inflammatory heart disease

G Kania, P Blyszczuk, U Eriksson - Trends in cardiovascular medicine, 2009 - Elsevier
Heart injury from many causes can end up in a common final pathway of pathologic
remodeling and fibrosis, promoting heart failure development. Dilated cardiomyopathy is an …

[HTML][HTML] II Diretriz brasileira de insuficiência cardíaca aguda

M MW, A RA, R RM, M LZ, A Réa-Neto - Arquivos Brasileiros de …, 2009 - SciELO Brasil
É importante salientar, entretanto, que a parcela de estudos em IC aguda só passou a ser
expressiva na última década, em que foram publicados grandes registros e também os …

The importance of cardiac MRI as a diagnostic tool in viral myocarditis-induced cardiomyopathy

M Olimulder, J Van Es, MA Galjee - Netherlands Heart Journal, 2009 - Springer
Myocarditis is an acute or chronic inflammatory disease of the myocardium which can be
viral, postinfectious immune or primarily organ-specific autoimmune. Clinical manifestations …

Non-invasive imaging in the diagnosis of acute viral myocarditis

M Jeserich, S Konstantinides, G Pavlik, C Bode… - Clinical research in …, 2009 - Springer
Autopsy series of consecutive cases have demonstrated an incidence of myocarditis at
approximately 1–10%; on the contrary, myocarditis is seriously underdiagnosed clinically. In …

[PDF][PDF] 小儿暴发性心肌炎危险因素分析

杨希晨, 王凤鸣, 赵乃琤, 秦玉明 - 中国当代儿科杂志, 2009 - zgddek.com
&& [摘& 要] & 目的& 通过对小儿病毒性心肌炎临床表现, 体征以及实验室检查指标等方面进行
回顾性分析研究, 以探讨小儿暴发性心肌炎的危险因素. 方法& 收集临床诊断为病毒性心肌炎患 …

Viral myocarditis: diagnosis, aetiology and management

U Kühl, HP Schultheiss - Drugs, 2009 - Springer
Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the cardiac muscle caused by myocardial
infiltration of immunocompetent cells following any kind of cardiac injury. Classic myocarditis …

Apoptosis in patients with acute myocarditis

A Abbate, G Sinagra, R Bussani, NN Hoke… - The American journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
Acute myocarditis is an acute inflammatory syndrome characterized by acute myocardial
damage and dysfunction followed by a variable recovery over time with some patients …

Low troponin-I levels on admission are associated with worse prognosis in patients with fulminant myocarditis

X Freixa, A Sionis, A Castel, E Guasch… - Transplantation …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The clinical outcomes of patients with fulminant acute myocarditis (FAM)
range from death to complete recovery. We sought to identify clinical, biological, and …