THE LATE CARDIAC PROGNOSIS AFTER COXSACKIE-B INFECTION
β Scribed by Orinius, E.
- Book ID
- 114688591
- Publisher
- Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
- Year
- 2009
- Weight
- 213 KB
- Volume
- 183
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-6101
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## Abstract Viral myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the heart muscle that can be fatal. The primary viruses that have been linked to myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy are the human enteroviruses. The most common viruses associated with this disease are the Coxsackie B viruses and in pa
From 1979 to 1981, a total of 910 cardiac patients and 776 noncardiac patients were studied and compared for evidence of coxsackie B virus infections. Of 78 cardiac patients with coxsackie B infection, 30 had pleurodynia, 18 myocarditis, and 20 pericarditis. The age-adjusted rates of infection per 1