Transient left ventricular (LV) wall thickening is observed in patients with acute lymphocytic myocarditis. The present study was undertaken to clarify the significance of transient LV wall thickening in patients with this disease. The subjects co...
The presence of myocardial interstitial edema in acute myocarditis (AM) leads to thickening of the ventricular wall, and conduction disturbances, such as complete atrioventricular block (CAV), also frequently develop. This study was undertaken in ...
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 70(8) 1086-90 2006年8月 [査読有り]
Most patients with acute myocarditis manifest particular clinical signs and symptoms, including marked cardiac failure and/or a high degree of atrioventricular block on admission. However, a 78-year-old man did not have symptoms and was hospitaliz...
A 46-year-old man was admitted for further evaluation of exertional chest discomfort. One family member had experienced sudden death, and 2 others had died of heart failure, including I known to have had Fabry's disease. The patient was also diagn...
The Journal of pathology 205(4) 460-7 2005年3月 [査読有り]
Tenascin-C (TN-C) is an extracellular matrix protein that is expressed transiently in close association with tissue remodelling in various body sites. In the heart, TN-C is only present during early stages of development, is not expressed in the n...