Complete remission of coronary vasculitis in Churg–Strauss Syndrome by prednisone and cyclophosphamide

The heart is involved in up to 50% of all patients with Churg–Strauss syndrome, but vasculitis of the coronary arteries has only been rarely documented. We present a young patient with severe coronary aneurysms and stenotic lesions due to a Churg–Strauss vasculitis. Prompt therapy with prednisone an...

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Autores principales: Riksen, Niels P., Gehlmann, Helmut, Brouwer, Annemarie E., van Deuren, Marcel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2010
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3594814/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20349259
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10067-010-1428-0
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Sumario:The heart is involved in up to 50% of all patients with Churg–Strauss syndrome, but vasculitis of the coronary arteries has only been rarely documented. We present a young patient with severe coronary aneurysms and stenotic lesions due to a Churg–Strauss vasculitis. Prompt therapy with prednisone and cyclophosphamide resulted in the complete resolution of all lesions.

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