Interferon-beta treatment eliminates cardiotropic viruses and improves left ventricular function in patients with myocardial persistence of viral genomes and left ventricular dysfunction.

  • Uwe Kühl
  • , Matthias Pauschinger
  • , Peter Lothar Schwimmbeck
  • , Bettina Seeberg
  • , Conny Lober
  • , Michel Noutsias
  • , Wolfgang Poller
  • , Heinz-Peter Schultheiss

Research output: Contribution to journalOriginal Articlepeer-review

358 Citations (Web of Science)
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2793-2798
JournalCIRCULATION
Volume107
Issue number22
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003

Keywords

  • IDIOPATHIC DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY
  • POLYMERASE-CHAIN-REACTION
  • COXSACKIEVIRUS-B3 MYOCARDITIS
  • ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION
  • GENE AMPLIFICATION
  • HEART-DISEASE
  • PROTEASE 2A
  • RNA
  • GAMMA
  • REPLICATION

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