Dialogues in Cardiovascular Medicine - Vol 14 . N°3 . 2009



Myocarditis




Myocarditis: the last frontier in advanced heart disease
K. L. Baughman




Myocarditis
L. T. Cooper Jr



How does viral infection of the heart cause chest pain, arrhythmias, and heart failure??
U. Kühl


Imaging versus biopsy—how do you best diagnose myocarditis?
H. Mahrholdt, A. Yilmaz, U. Sechtem


What are the current treatment options for myocarditis?
H.-P. Schultheiss, U. Kühl




Art and the Heart: Aesthetic rewards in basic research and painting
A. H. Henderson




L. Blauwet


A clinical trial of immunosuppressive therapy for myocarditis.The Myocarditis Treatment Trial Investigators
J. W. Mason and others

High prevalence of viral genomes and multiple viral infections in the myocardium of adults with “idiopathic” left ventricular dysfunction
U. Kühl and others

The role of endomyocardial biopsy in the management of cardio- vascular disease: a scientific statement form the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, and the European Society of Cardiology. Endorsed by the Heart Failure Society of America and the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology
L. T. Cooper and others

Controlled trial of intravenous immune globulin in recent-onset dilated cardiomyopathy (IMAC-1)
D. M. McNamara and others

Long-term outcome of fulminant myocarditis as compared with acute (nonfulminant) myocarditis
R. E. McCarthy III and others
Diagnostic performance of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in patients with suspected acute myocarditis: comparison of different approaches
H. Abdel-Aty and others

Idiopathic giant-cell myocarditis—natural history and treatment. Multicenter Giant Cell Myocarditis Study Group Investigators
L. T. Cooper and others

A prospective study of biopsy-proven myocarditis: prognostic relevance of clinical and aetiopathogenetic features at diagnosis
A. L. Caforio and others

Autoimmunity in Coxsackievirus infection
N. R. Rose

Complication rate of right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy via the femoral approach: a retrospective and prospective study analyzing 3048 diagnostic procedures over an 11-year period
M. Holzmann and others




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