Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 14, Issue 6 , Pages 521-530 , August 2008

Recent Insights Into the Role of Autoimmunity in Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy

  • Jason M. Lappé, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
    • ,
  • Clara M. Pelfrey, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • W.H. Wilson Tang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
    • Department of Cell Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: W. H. Wilson Tang, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Desk F25, Cleveland, OH 44195.

Received 18 July 2007 ,Revised 21 February 2008 ,Accepted 27 February 2008.

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 Supported in part by the National Institutes of Health, National Center for Research Resources, CTSA 1UL1RR024989, Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Tang also received research support from Amgen Inc and Abbott Diagnostics, Inc.

PII: S1071-9164(08)00083-3

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2008.02.016

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 14, Issue 6 , Pages 521-530 , August 2008

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