December 1, 1984European Heart Journal

The relationship of myocarditis to dilated cardiomyopathy

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3 patients with congestive cardiomyopathy and high neutralizing antibody titres to Coxsackie B viruses, and…

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CMColin MacarthurHealth Canada JGJ. F. GoodwinUniversity College Cork KHK. A. HALLIDIE-SMTTHHammersmith Hospital

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Supports viral contribution to select dilated cardiomyopathy cases; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective confirmation before any clinical adoption.

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Population

3 patients with congestive cardiomyopathy and high neutralizing antibody titres to Coxsackie B viruses, and 10 control patients dying in cardiac failure due to other causes.

Outcome

Histologically demonstrable chronic inflammation of the myocardium at post-mortem examinationsurrogate

This study provides histological evidence supporting the involvement of Coxsackie B viral myocarditis in the pathogenesis of some cases of dilated cardiomyopathy.

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Macarthur et al. (1984) studied this question.

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Heart failure HFrEF treatment Myocarditis

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Supports viral contribution to select dilated cardiomyopathy cases; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective confirmation before any clinical adoption.

The relationship of myocarditis to dilated cardiomyopathy

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The relationship of myocarditis to dilated cardiomyopathy

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