Symptomatic myocardial bridging or cardiac Whipple's Diseas

This report concerns a patient with articular and cardiac manifestations of Whipple's disease. The disease was diagnosed only when gastrointestinal symptoms had appeared, because all cardiac symptoms were attributed exclusively to myocardial bridging. After 18 months of treatment with trimethop...

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Published inArquivos brasileiros de cardiologia Vol. 80; no. 3; pp. 332 - 334
Main Authors Cabral, Virgínia L. Ribeiro, Knecht, Daniella, Pego, Regina Célia, Silva, Nuno C. Figueiredo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC 01.03.2003
Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC)
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CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS
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Summary:This report concerns a patient with articular and cardiac manifestations of Whipple's disease. The disease was diagnosed only when gastrointestinal symptoms had appeared, because all cardiac symptoms were attributed exclusively to myocardial bridging. After 18 months of treatment with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, the patient is fully asymptomatic with a normal echocardiogram.
ISSN:0066-782X
1678-4170
1678-4170
DOI:10.1590/S0066-782X2003000300009