A formidable challenge
| Autor: | Neil W Kooy, Derek S. Wheeler |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
| Předmět: |
Heart transplantation
medicine.medical_specialty Myocarditis Viral Myocarditis Heart disease business.industry medicine.medical_treatment General Medicine Disease Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine medicine.disease Surgery Heart failure Intensive care medicine Viral disease Intensive care medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Critical Care Clinics. 19:365-391 |
| ISSN: | 0749-0704 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0749-0704(03)00006-x |
| Popis: | It is generally well accepted that one third of patients with viral myocarditis experience a complete recovery of normal cardiac function, one third improve clinically but show residual cardiac dysfunction, and one third experience chronic heart failure and die or require heart transplantation. It is hoped that a better understanding of the underlying cause and pathogenesis of this disease will increase the number of patients who experience a complete recovery. New advances in both the diagnosis and treatment of viral myocarditis continue to enter clinical practice at a rapid pace, and it is likely that a genomic approach to the diagnostic evaluation and treatment of this disease will become possible in the near future. Viral myocarditis, however, will remain a significant diagnosticand therapeutic challenge to both physicians and scientists alike. |
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