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[ Update 2001. Myocarditis--cardiomyopathy].
Medizinische Klinik (Munich, Germany : 1983) - 15 Oct 2001
Strauer B E, Kandolf R, Mall G, Maisch B, Mertens T, Figulla H R, Schwartzkopff B, Brehm M, Schultheiss H P
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Myocarditis is a common cardiological disease. New molecular biological and immunohistological methods have confirmed the persistence of viral infection and chronic myocardial inflammation in a considerable number of patients. A causal link between viral myocarditis and the development of dilated cardiomyopathy has been recognized. This has prognostic implications and helps for the decision of a specific...
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