dc.contributor.author | Sanderson, JE | |
dc.contributor.author | Olsen, EG | |
dc.contributor.author | Gatei, David | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-11-27T15:47:57Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-11-27T15:47:57Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1993-09 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Int J Cardiol. 1993 Sep;41(2):157-63. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8282440 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/60850 | |
dc.description.abstract | We have studied, by light and electron microscopy, left ventricular endomyocardial biopsy specimens from 18 African patients (14 men) with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy in Nairobi. Nine patients (50%) had evidence of healing myocarditis, that is the presence of a mild inflammatory cell infiltration within the myocardium. Interstitial fibrosis was prominent in five patients (28%) and in all 18 specimens there were hypertrophied muscle fibres. Therefore, half of the patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy had histological signs of a previous myocarditis. There was no serological evidence of a previous or recent coxsackie infection or any other common viral infections. It seems probable that the myocarditis was due to an inappropriate immunological reaction to myocardial muscle. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en |
dc.title | Dilated cardiomyopathy and myocarditis in Kenya: an endomyocardial biopsy study. | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | School of Medicine | en |