RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Acute Myocarditis in Patients with Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody–positive Microscopic Polyangiitis and Receiving Rituximab Therapy
JF The Journal of Rheumatology
JO J Rheumatol
FD The Journal of Rheumatology
SP jrheum.190569
DO 10.3899/jrheum.190569
A1 Chrong-Reen Wang
A1 Yi-shan Tsai
A1 Hung-Wen Tsai
YR 2019
UL http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2019/10/28/jrheum.190569.abstract
AB The presence of cardiac insufficiency is recognized as a poor prognostic factor in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV)1, and heart failure is an identified mortality risk factor for eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA)2.