Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in patients with cardiomyopathy

Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in patients with cardiomyopathy

Chronic hepatitis C can be associated with extrahepatic manifestations; thus, we explored the association of this viral infection with dilated cardiomyopathy in a group of sixty-three patients with a cardiac ejection fraction of less than 40% determined by an echocardiogram in a prospective study. T...

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Main Authors: Vijaya Boyella;, Ikenna Onyebueke;, Najabh Farraj;, Suzette Graham-Hill;, Cherif El Younis;, Nora V. Bergasa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2009-04-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
Subjects:
Hepatitis C,
cardiomyopathy,
extrahepatic manifestation,
HLA system.
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119317879

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