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Long-Term Outcome of Fulminant Myocarditis as Compared with Acute (Nonfulminant) Myocarditis by McCarthy, Robert E, Boehmer, John P, Hruban, Ralph H, Hutchins, Grover M, Kasper, Edward K, Hare, Joshua M, Baughman, Kenneth L

“…Lymphocytic myocarditis remains a poorly characterized disorder. Approximately 10 percent of patients with cardiomyopathy of recent onset who undergo…”
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Underlying Causes and Long-Term Survival in Patients with Initially Unexplained Cardiomyopathy by Felker, G. Michael, Thompson, Richard E, Hare, Joshua M, Hruban, Ralph H, Clemetson, Diedre E, Howard, David L, Baughman, Kenneth L, Kasper, Edward K

“…Despite advances in drug therapy, the prognosis of patients with heart failure remains poor. 1 The accurate assessment of prognosis in patients with this…”
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Beat-to-beat QT interval variability : Novel evidence for repolarization lability in ischemic and nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy by BERGER, R. D, KASPER, E. K, BAUGHMAN, K. L, MARBAN, E, CALKINS, H, TOMASELLI, G. F

“…Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is associated with a high incidence of malignant ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death. Abnormalities in repolarization of…”
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Echocardiographic findings in fulminant and acute myocarditis by Felker, G.Michael, Boehmer, John P, Hruban, Ralph H, Hutchins, Grover M, Kasper, Edward K, Baughman, Kenneth L, Hare, Joshua M

“…OBJECTIVES We sought to use echocardiography to assess the presentation and potential for recovery of left ventricular (LV) function of patients with fulminant…”
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Complement deposition in early cardiac transplant biopsies is associated with ischemic injury and subsequent rejection episodes by BALDWIN, W. M, SAMANIEGO-PICOTA, M, KASPER, E. K, CLARK, A. M, CZADER, M, ROHDE, C, ZACHARY, A. A, SANFILIPPO, F, HRUBAN, R. H

“…Prolonged warm or cold ischemia is associated with poor survival of cardiac transplants, and ischemic changes in early posttransplantation endomyocardial…”
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The spectrum of dilated cardiomyopathy. The Johns Hopkins experience with 1,278 patients by Felker, G M, Hu, W, Hare, J M, Hruban, R H, Baughman, K L, Kasper, E K

“…This report describes the evaluation of 1,278 patients referred to The Johns Hopkins Hospital with dilated cardiomyopathy. After a careful history and physical…”
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The causes of dilated cardiomyopathy: A clinicopathologic review of 673 consecutive patients by Kasper, Edward K., Agema, Willem R.P., Hutchins, Grover M., Deckers, Jaap W., Hare, Joshua M., Baughman, Kenneth L.

“…Objective. The purpose of this study was to document the various causes of dilated cardiomyopathy in a large group of adult patients with congestive heart…”
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A review of the amyloidoses that infiltrate the heart by MCCARTHY, III, ROBERT E., Kasper, EDWARD K.

“…Primary amyloidosis, systemic senile amyloidosis, isolated atrial amyloidosis, and transthyretin isoleucine 122 amyloidosis frequently involve the heart…”
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Peritransplant injury to the myocardium associated with the development of accelerated arteriosclerosis in heart transplant recipients by Gaudin, P B, Rayburn, B K, Hutchins, G M, Kasper, E K, Baughman, K L, Goodman, S N, Lecks, L E, Baumgartner, W A, Hruban, R H

“…Accelerated arteriosclerosis is now the major long-term complication of heart transplantation. Defining the risk factors associated with the development of…”
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A randomized trial of ecadotril versus placebo in patients with mild to moderate heart failure: The U.S. Ecadotril Pilot Safety Study by O’Connor, Christopher M., Gattis, Wendy A., Gheorghiade, Mihai, Granger, Christopher B., Gilbert, James, McKenney, James M., Messineo, Frank C., Burnett, John C., Katz, Stuart D., Elkayam, Uri, Kasper, Edward K., Goldstein, Sidney, Cody, Robert J., Massie, Barry M.

“…Objective To determine the short-term safety and tolerability of the addition of ecadotril to conventional therapy in patients with mild to moderate heart…”
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Complications of endomyocardial biopsy in heart transplant patients by Baraldi-Junkins, C, Levin, H R, Kasper, E K, Rayburn, B K, Herskowitz, A, Baughman, K L

“…Despite the increasing use of alternative techniques, endomyocardial biopsy remains the primary method for diagnosing cardiac allograft rejection. Improved…”
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Cardiac allograft vasculopathy: the central pathogenetic role of ischemia-induced endothelial cell injury by Day, J D, Rayburn, B K, Gaudin, P B, Baldwin, 3rd, W M, Lowenstein, C J, Kasper, E K, Baughman, K L, Baumgartner, W A, Hutchins, G M, Hruban, R H

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Myocarditis associated with doxorubicin cardiotoxicity by Gaudin, P B, Hruban, R H, Beschorner, W E, Kasper, E K, Olson, J L, Baughman, K L, Hutchins, G M

“…In contrast to previous reports, the authors were impressed by the frequency of myocarditis in the endomyocardial biopsy specimens of patients treated with…”
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Demographic features and prevalence of idiopathic myocarditis in patients undergoing endomyocardial biopsy by Herskowitz, Ahvie, Campbell, Stephen, Deckers, Jaap, Kasper, Edward K., Boehmer, John, Hadian, Djavid, Neumann, David A., Baughman, Kenneth L.

“…From January 1985 through December 1990, 534 patients underwent endomyocardial biopsy at Johns Hopkins Hospital for suspected myocarditis. One hundred…”
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Aortic dissection in a cardiac allograft recipient: a case report by Pak, P H, Gillinov, A M, Hruban, R H, Rosenthal, L S, Rosengard, B R, Augustine, S M, Achuff, S C, Laschinger, J C, Kasper, E K

“…Ascending aortic dissection is rare in cardiac allograft recipients. Only two patients with dissection arising from the native aorta have been reported…”
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Myocarditis and long-term survival in peripartum cardiomyopathy by Felker, G.Michael, Jaeger, Christopher J., Klodas, Elizabeth, Thiemann, David R., Hare, Joshua M., Hruban, Ralph H., Kasper, Edward K., Baughman, Kenneth L.

“…Background The reported mortality rate of peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is high, although the potential for spontaneous recovery of ventricular function is…”
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Intimate association of eosinophils to collagen bundles in eosinophilic myocarditis and ranitidine-induced hypersensitivity myocarditis by Kendell, K R, Day, J D, Hruban, R H, Olson, J L, Rosenblum, W D, Kasper, E K, Baughman, K L, Hutchins, G M

“…Eosinophilic myocarditis is an inflammatory condition of the heart in which the infiltrate is composed predominately of eosinophils. We identified three cases…”
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Cardiomyopathy of obesity: A clinicopathologic evaluation of 43 obese patients with heart failure by Kasper, Edward K., Hruban, Ralph H., Baughman, Kenneth L.

“…Right heart hemodynamic and endomyocardial biopsy abnormalities associated with marked obesity were characterized in 43 obese patients who presented with…”
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The WAF1-mediated p53 growth-suppressor pathway is intact in the coronary arteries of heart transplant recipients by BAAS, I. O, OFFERHAUS, J. A, HRUBAN, R. H, EL-DEIRY, W. S, TZY-CHOOU WU, HUTCHINS, G. M, KASPER, E. K, BAUUGHMAN, K. L, BAUMGARTNER, W. A, CHUANG-JIUN CHIOU, HAYWARD, G. S

“…It has been suggested that the interaction of cytomegalovirus (CMV) with the p53 tumor suppressor gene product plays a role in the development of coronary…”
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Relationship of cardiac allograft size and pulmonary vascular resistance to long-term cardiopulmonary function by Yeoh, T K, Frist, W H, Lagerstrom, C, Kasper, E K, Groves, J, Merrill, W

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate the long-term cardiopulmonary function of heart transplant patients who received disproportionately sized allografts…”
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