A prospective study of biopsy-proven myocarditis: prognostic relevance of clinical and aetiopathogenetic features at diagnosis
2007; Oxford University Press; Volume: 28; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1093/eurheartj/ehm076
ISSN1522-9645
AutoresAlida L.P. Caforio, F. Calabrèse, Annalisa Angelini, Francesco Tona, Annalisa Vinci, Stefania Bottaro, Angelo Ramondo, Elisa Carturan, Sabino Iliceto, Gaetano Thiene, Luciano Daliento,
Tópico(s)Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
ResumoAimsMyocarditis may be idiopathic, viral, and/or immune; frequency of these forms and prognosis are ill-defined. We aimed at identifying aetiopathogenetic and prognostic markers in myocarditis, including viral genome on endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and serum anti-heart autoantibodies (AHA).
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