Journal article
Low Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Antibodies and RNA in Patients with Myocarditis and Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Cardiology, Vol.90(2), pp.75-78
10/1998
DOI: 10.1159/000006822
PMID: 9778541
Abstract
We investigated the prevalence of hepatitis C virus in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and myocarditis in comparison to a control group of patients suffering from noninflammatory cardiac diseases such as aortic stenosis. In contrast to the results of previous studies on small numbers of patients, no significant difference in the prevalence of hepatitis C infections was observed. Our data suggest that HCV is not an important causal agent for myocarditis and DCM.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Low Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Antibodies and RNA in Patients with Myocarditis and Dilated Cardiomyopathy
- Creators
- Isabella M GrumbachKlaus-Hinrich HeermannHans R Figulla
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Cardiology, Vol.90(2), pp.75-78
- DOI
- 10.1159/000006822
- PMID
- 9778541
- ISSN
- 0008-6312
- eISSN
- 1421-9751
- Number of pages
- 4
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/1998
- Academic Unit
- Cardiovascular Medicine; Radiation Oncology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984094334902771
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