USEFULNESS OF GOLDBERGER’S TRIAD TO SELECT DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY

Heart rate variability in dilated cardiomyopathy - usefulness, prognostic value

1 ”Prof. Dr. C.C. Iliescu” Emergency Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases, Bucharest 2 “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest Contact address: Dr. Costel Matei, ”Prof. Dr. C.C. Iliescu” Emergency Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiology Clinic, IInd Unit, 258, Fundeni Road, 022328 Bucharest, Romania. E-mail: [email protected] Abstract: Heart rate variabilit...

Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Dilated cardiomyopathy.

Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Background. Immunization with cardiac myosin induces experimental autoimmune heart disease in genetically predisposed mice. These mice produce heart-specific autoantibodies, some of which are directed against the cardiac myosin isoform. Methods and Results. We have reported the presence of circulating heart-specific autoantibodies in 26% of patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) ...

Dilated Cardiomyopathy

This study was designed to determine the morphological correlate of chronic heart failure. Myocardial tissue from eight patients undergoing transplantation surgery because of end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy was investigated by electron microscopy and immunocytochemistry using monoclonal antibodies against elements of the cytoskeleton: desmin, tubulin, vinculin, and vimentin. The tissue showed ...