Images in cardiovascular medicine. Right-sided heart wall thickening and delayed enhancement caused by chronic active myocarditis complicated by sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia

Circulation. 2009 Feb 17;119(6):e200-3. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.788380.

Authors

Yoshiyuki Hama¹, Nobusada Funabashi, Marehiko Ueda, Tomonori Kanaeda, Masae Uehara, Koki Nakamura, Taichi Murayama, Yoko Mikami, Hiroyuki Takaoka, Miyuki Kawakubo, Kwangho Lee, Hiroyuki Takano, Issei Komuro

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba City, Chiba, Japan.

PMID: 19221224
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.788380

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MeSH terms

Aged
Heart Ventricles / pathology*
Humans
Male
Myocarditis / complications*
Prednisolone / therapeutic use
Tachycardia, Ventricular / complications*

Substances

Prednisolone