Giant Cell Arteritis as a Cause of Myocarditis and Atrial Fibrillation

Circ Heart Fail. 2016 Feb;9(2):e002778. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.115.002778.
No abstract available

Keywords: atrial fibrillation; giant cell arteritis; myocarditis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use
  • Atrial Fibrillation / diagnosis
  • Atrial Fibrillation / etiology*
  • Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology
  • Biopsy
  • Giant Cell Arteritis / complications*
  • Giant Cell Arteritis / diagnosis
  • Giant Cell Arteritis / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocarditis / diagnosis
  • Myocarditis / etiology*
  • Myocarditis / physiopathology
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Stroke Volume
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / etiology
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / physiopathology
  • Ventricular Function, Left

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones