Giant cell myocarditis: a case report and review of the literature

Giant cell myocarditis: a case report and review of the literature

No abstract available. Article truncated after 150 words. First described by Saltykow in 1905 (1), Giant cell myocarditis (GCM) is a rare but highly lethal disease. Until the 1980s the diagnosis of GCM was determined at autopsy (2). It often affects young patients (mean age of 42.6 + 12.7 years), a...

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Main Authors: Spence N, Niehaus K, Macias L, Cox B
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arizona Thoracic Society 2014-04-01
Series:Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care
Subjects:
giant cell myocarditis
Hispanic
heart failure
cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
pathology
immunosuppression
treatment
endomyocardial biopsy
complete heart block
myocardiitis
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