Management of a patient with eosinophilic myocarditis and normal peripheral eosinophil count: case report and literature review

Circ Heart Fail. 2014 Jul;7(4):692-4. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.114.001130.
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Keywords: azathioprine; biopsy; eosinophilic enteritis; heart failure; myocarditis; prednisone; reticuloendotheliosis, familial, with eosinophilia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Azathioprine / therapeutic use*
  • Biopsy
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Eosinophilia / drug therapy*
  • Eosinophilia / pathology
  • Eosinophils / pathology*
  • Female
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Leukocyte Count
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocarditis / drug therapy*
  • Myocarditis / pathology
  • Myocardium / pathology*
  • Prednisolone / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Glucocorticoids
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Prednisolone
  • Azathioprine