Ponte miocárdica sintomática ou doença de Whipple cardíaca / Symptomatic myocardial bridging or cardiac Whipple's disease
Arq. bras. cardiol
;
80(3): 329-334, Mar. 2003. ilus
Article
in Portuguese, English
| LILACS
| ID: lil-331111
ABSTRACT
This report concerns a patient with articular and cardiac manifestations of Whipple's disease. The disease was diagnosed only when gastrointestinal symptoms had appeared, because all cardiac symptoms were attributed exclusively to myocardial bridging. After 18 months of treatment with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, the patient is fully asymptomatic with a normal echocardiogram
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Heart Diseases
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Whipple Disease
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
English
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Portuguese
Journal:
Arq. bras. cardiol
Journal subject:
Cardiology
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital Heliópolis/BR
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