Acute Myocarditis in Patients with Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-positive Microscopic Polyangiitis and Receiving Rituximab Therapy.
Acute Myocarditis in Patients with Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-positive Microscopic Polyangiitis and Receiving Rituximab Therapy.
J Rheumatol. 2019 Nov 01;:
Authors: Wang CR, Tsai YS, Tsai HW
Abstract
The presence of cardiac insufficiency is recognized as a poor prognostic factor in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV)1, and heart failure is an identified mortality risk factor for eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA)2.
PMID: 31676698 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Rheumatology - Category: Rheumatology Tags: J Rheumatol Source Type: research