| Literature DB >> 12581773 |
Luciano Daliento1, Fiorella Calabrese, Francesco Tona, Alida L P Caforio, Giandomenico Tarsia, Annalisa Angelini, Gaetano Thiene.
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No randomized, placebo-controlled studies have investigated interferon-alpha therapy in enterovirus-proven myocarditis. This report describes 2 patients with enterovirus-induced myocarditis (1 with associated Churg-Strauss syndrome) who at follow-up endomyocardial biopsy showed clinical and hemodynamic improvement and viral clearance (using polymerase chain reaction) after interferon-alpha therapy.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12581773 DOI: 10.1016/s1053-2498(02)00565-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Heart Lung Transplant ISSN: 1053-2498 Impact factor: 10.247