Cardiac Involvement and Left Ventricular Failure in a Patient with the Churg-Strauss Syndrome
Autor: | C. Azzopardi, Stephen Montefort, Carmel Mallia |
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Rok vydání: | 1999 |
Předmět: |
Constrictive pericarditis
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Radiography medicine.disease respiratory tract diseases immune system diseases hemic and lymphatic diseases Internal medicine medicine Cardiology Eosinophilia cardiovascular diseases medicine.symptom Pulmonary wedge pressure Vasculitis business Electrocardiography Asthma Left Ventricular Failure |
Zdroj: | Rheumaderm ISBN: 9781461372035 |
DOI: | 10.1007/978-1-4615-4857-7_82 |
Popis: | The Churg-Strauss syndrome is characterised by a history of asthma and paranasal sinus disease, eosinophilia of more than 10 per cent, non-fixed pulmonary infiltrates on chest radiography and vasculitis which may affect multiple organ systems. The condition usually manifests in the 4th decade. |
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