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Myocarditis and heart failure associated with hepatitis C virus infection.
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Anti-HCV antibodies were identifiable in sera stored for 13 to 17 years and were more prevalent in patients with myocarditis and HF than in the general population.About:
This article is published in Journal of Cardiac Failure.The article was published on 2006-05-01. It has received 105 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Myocarditis & Cardiomyopathy.read more
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Guidelines for the Management of Transfusion Dependent Thalassaemia (TDT)
TL;DR: The third edition of the TIF guidelines was published by Musallam et al. as mentioned in this paper and includes updated information on new approaches for more effective, safe and less laborious treatment, and an overview of the progress achieved to date towards a total cure using methods such as gene therapy and stem cell transplantation.
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ACCF 2012 expert consensus document on practical clinical considerations in the interpretation of troponin elevations: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation task force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents.
L. Kristin Newby,Robert L. Jesse,Joseph D. Babb,Robert H. Christenson,Thomas M. De Fer,George A. Diamond,Francis M. Fesmire,Stephen A. Geraci,Bernard J. Gersh,Greg C. Larsen,Sanjay Kaul,Charles R. McKay,George J. Philippides,William S. Weintraub,Robert A. Harrington,Deepak L. Bhatt,Jeffrey L. Anderson,Eric R. Bates,Charles R. Bridges,Mark J. Eisenberg,Victor A. Ferrari,John D. Fisher,Mario J. Garcia,Timothy J. Gardner,Federico Gentile,Michael F. Gilson,Adrian F. Hernandez,Mark A. Hlatky,Alice K. Jacobs,Jane A. Linderbaum,David J. Moliterno,Debabrata Mukherjee,Robert S. Rosenson,James H. Stein,Howard H. Weitz,Deborah J. Wesley +35 more
TL;DR: This document has been developed as an Expert Consensus Document (ECD) by the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF), American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC),American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), American college of emergency physicians (ACEP), and other experts.
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Interactions of the heart and the liver
Sören Möller,Mauro Bernardi +1 more
TL;DR: In patients with advanced cirrhosis, physical and/or pharmacological stress may reveal a reduced cardiac performance with systolic and diastolic dysfunction and electrophysical abnormalities termed cirrhotic cardiomyopathy, and no specific therapy can be recommended, but it should be supportive and directed against the heart failure.
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Viral causes of human myocarditis.
TL;DR: Using real-time PCR and reverse transcription PCR assays, parvovirus B19, Coxsackie B virus, human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) type B and adenovirus have been detected in 37, 33, 11 and 8% of EMB from young adults (aged<35 years) with histologically proven acute myocarditis.
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Quasispecies and its impact on viral hepatitis.
Esteban Domingo,Jordi Gómez +1 more
TL;DR: Despite many unanswered questions, here it is document that quasispecies dynamics has provided an interpretation of the adaptability of the hepatitis viruses, with features conceptually similar to those observed with other RNA viruses, a reflection of the common underlying Darwinian principles.
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The Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in the United States, 1988 through 1994
Miriam J. Alter,Deanna Kruszon-Moran,Omana V. Nainan,Geraldine M. McQuillan,Fengxiang Gao,Linda A. Moyer,Richard A. Kaslow,Harold S. Margolis +7 more
TL;DR: The strongest factors independently associated with HCV infection were illegal drug use and high-risk sexual behavior, and poverty, having had 12 or fewer years of education, and having been divorced or separated were independently associated.
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Myocarditis. A histopathologic definition and classification.
HT Aretz,ME Billingham,William D. Edwards,SM Factor,John T. Fallon,Jr Jj Fenoglio,E. G. J. Olsen,Frederick J. Schoen +7 more
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Cardiac troponin I. A marker with high specificity for cardiac injury.
Jesse E. Adams,Geza S. Bodor,Victor G. Dávila-Román,James A. Delmez,Fred S. Apple,Jack H. Ladenson,Allan S. Jaffe +6 more
TL;DR: Measurement of cardiac troponin I (cTnI) has sufficient specificity to clarify the etiology of MBCK elevations in patients with acute or chronic skeletal muscle disease or renal failure, and Elevations of cTNI are highly specific for myocardial injury.
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A clinical trial of immunosuppressive therapy for myocarditis
Jay W. Mason,John B. O'Connell,Ahvie Herskowitz,Noel R. Rose,Bruce M. McManus,Margaret E. Billingham,Thomas E. Moon +6 more
TL;DR: The results do not support routine treatment of myocarditis with immunosuppressive drugs, but long-term mortality was high and patients with a vigorous inflammatory response had less severe disease.