Randomized study on the efficacy of immunosuppressive therapy in patients with virus-negative inflammatory cardiomyopathy: the TIMIC study

Frustaci, Andrea; Russo, Martina; Chimenti, Cristina

doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp249

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Randomized study on the efficacy of immunosuppressive therapy in patients with virus-negative inflammatory cardiomyopathy: the TIMIC study

Published in European Heart Journal • Jun 25, 2009

Authors:

Andrea Frustaci

Martina Russo

Cristina Chimenti

Abstract

AIMS: To evaluate the efficacy of immunosuppression in virus-negative inflammatory cardiomyopathy. METHODS AND RESULTS: This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study included 85 patients with myocarditis and chronic (>6 months) heart failure unresponsive to conventional therapy, with no ev...

Subject

Medicine

Randomized controlled trial

Cardiomyopathy

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