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Cardiac involvement in systemic sclerosis immune-histologic study and clinical correlation.
No full textIncreased myocardial mastcells and histamine release in ventricular arrhythmias due to myocarditis; antiarrhythmic effect of H2-antihistamines.
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Cardiac biopsy findings in "primary" atrial fibrillation: Histologic evidence of occult myocardial disease.
No full textAcute myocarditis and left ventricular aneurysm as presentations of systemic lupus erythematosus.
No full textA case of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) associated with fever, heart failure, and left ventricular (LV) aneurysm is reported. A diagnosis of SLE was suspected owing to the presence of active lymphocytic myocarditis and fibrinous endocarditis at LV endomyocardial biopsy and was confirmed by identification of 4 of the 11 criteria proposed by the American Rheumatism Association for the definition of SLE. A 2-month period of steroid therapy was followed by a remarkable recovery of LV function and progression of endomyocarditis to a healed phase at control LV biopsy. The LV aneurysm disappeared, likely because thrombosis occurred as a result of the hypercoagulable state accompanying the presence of anticardiolipin antibodies. This is the first reported case of LV aneurysm induced by SLE and is a rare clinicohistologic documentation of the effectiveness of steroid treatment on lupus endomyocarditis
Fatal measles myocarditis.
No full textA case of fulminant measles myocarditis is reported. Diagnosis has been obtained at autopsy, due to absence of skin rash, by identification of measles giant cells in the myocardium and by positive reaction of myocardial tissue to measles-specific immunoperoxidase. Unusual outcome is interpreted as due to defective cell-bound immunity and extentive involvement of myocardial microcirculation
Cardiac biopsy findings in "primary" atrial fibrillation: histologic evidence of occult myocardial disease.
No full textMarked elevation of myocardial trace elements in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy compared to secondary cardiac dysfunction
No full textAssessment of myocardial heavy metals content in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.
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