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Tex Heart Inst J. 1991; 18(2): 127–131. | PMCID: PMC324980 |
Myopericarditis in Churg-Strauss Syndrome Neal G. Uren, MRCP and Peter J. Hammond, MRCP The Division of Clinical Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London Abstract Churg-Strauss syndrome is a disseminated vasculitis with multisystem involvement, characterized by necrotizing arteritis, eosinophilic infiltration, and extravascular granuloma formation. In as many as 60% of all cases, the heart may be affected. We describe a 30-year-old man in whom pericarditis was followed by the development of a large pericardial effusion, with evidence of impaired right and left ventricular function. The patient had a 5-year history of asthma. Early therapy with high-dose prednisolone and azathioprine led to resolution of the pericardial effusion and prevented a further reduction in biventricular function. (Texas Heart Institute Journal 1991;18:127-31) Full text Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (1.1M), or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Links to PubMed are also available for Selected References. Images in this article Click on the image to see a larger version. These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article. - CHURG J, STRAUSS L. Allergic granulomatosis, allergic angiitis, and periarteritis nodosa. Am J Pathol. 1951 Mar–Apr;27(2):277–301. [PubMed]
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