Open AccessClinical and prognostic significance of detection of enteroviral RNA in the myocardium of patients with myocarditis or dilated cardiomyopathy.
Author(s) -
Howard Why,
Brendan Meany,
P J Richardson,
E. G. J. Olsen,
Neil E. Bowles,
Louise Cunningham,
C. A. Freeke,
L. C. Archard
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.89.6.2582
Subject(s) - medicine , myocarditis , dilated cardiomyopathy , enterovirus , cardiology , heart failure , cardiomyopathy , coxsackievirus , biopsy , heart disease , gastroenterology , pathology , virus , immunology
Enteroviral RNA sequences have been demonstrated in the myocardium of patients with myocarditis or dilated cardiomyopathy from presentation to end-stage disease. The prognosis of heart muscle disease has not previously been evaluated in relation to the detection of enterovirus in myocardial biopsy tissue.
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