Sudden cardiac death associated with Churg-Strauss syndrome.
A 60-year-old man who had serious chest and arm pain died suddenly during hospitalization. He suffered from coronary vasospastic angina complicated by a fatal acute fulminant-type of myocarditis associated with Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS). The diagnosis at autopsy was acute progressive eosinophilic myocarditis associated with CSS.
Setoguchi
Masahiko
M
Heart Center, Yokohama-city Bay Red Cross Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.
Okishige
Kaoru
K
Sugiyama
Koji
K
Shimura
Tsukasa
T
Maeda
Minetaka
M
Aoyagi
Hideshi
H
Kurabayashi
Manabu
M
Azegami
Koji
K
Hagiyama
Hiroyuki
H
Isobe
Mitsuaki
M
D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001344:Autopsy; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015267:Churg-Strauss Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003329:Coronary Vasospasm / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology
D002317:Cardiovascular Agents