Myocardial injury associated with chronic hepatitis C: Clinical types and pathogenetic components

Myocardial injury associated with chronic hepatitis C: Clinical types and pathogenetic components

Heart injury is one of the extrahepatic manifestations of chronic hepatitis C (CHC). The paper gives Russian and foreign authors' data on a relationship between CHC and myocardial injury. It discusses different pathogenetic components (the direct effect of the virus, immunological components),...

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Published in:Terapevtic̆eskii arhiv Vol. 88; no. 4; pp. 105 - 111
Main Authors: Strizhakov, L A, Karpov, S Yu, Fomin, V V, Lopatkina, T N, Tanashchuk, E L, Taranova, M V
Format: Journal Article
Language:Russian
Published: Russia (Federation) "Consilium Medicum" Publishing house 01-01-2016
Subjects:
cardiomyopathy
chronic hepatitis c
Hepacivirus
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C, Chronic - complications
Humans
myocarditis
Myocarditis - complications
Russia
cardiomyopathy
myocarditis
chronic hepatitis C
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Summary:Heart injury is one of the extrahepatic manifestations of chronic hepatitis C (CHC). The paper gives Russian and foreign authors' data on a relationship between CHC and myocardial injury. It discusses different pathogenetic components (the direct effect of the virus, immunological components), through which hepatitis C virus can induce myocarditis and cardiomyopathies in patients with CHC.
ISSN:0040-3660
2309-5342
DOI:10.17116/terarkh2016884105-111