Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 348-356, April 2010

Interferon β-1b Therapy in Chronic Viral Dilated Cardiomyopathy—Is There a Role for Specific Therapy?

  • Oliver Zimmermann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine II - Cardiology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
    • Both authors contributed equally to this work.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr. Oliver Zimmermann, University of Ulm, Department of Internal Medicine II-Cardiology, Albert-Einstein-Allee 23, 89081 Ulm, Germany. Tel.: +49 731 500- 45090; Fax: +49 731 500- 45005.
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  • Christoph Rodewald, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine II - Cardiology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
    • Both authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Michael Radermacher, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine II - Cardiology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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  • Martin Vetter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine II - Cardiology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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  • Juliane M. Wiehe, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine II - Cardiology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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  • Magdalena Bienek-Ziolkowski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine II - Cardiology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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  • Vinzenz Hombach, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine II - Cardiology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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  • Jan Torzewski, MD

      Affiliations

    • Herz- und Gefäß-Zentrum Oberallgäu, Klinik Immenstadt, Immenstadt, Germany

Received 23 January 2009; received in revised form 22 October 2009; accepted 17 December 2009. published online 08 February 2010.

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 Supported in part by the Deutsche Stiftung für Herzforschung.

PII: S1071-9164(09)01236-6

doi:10.1016/j.cardfail.2009.12.016

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 348-356, April 2010