Marked elevation of myocardial trace elements in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy compared with secondary cardiac dysfunction

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1578-1583

  Frustaci, Andrea ^a   Magnavita, Nicola ^a   Chimenti, Cristina ^a   Caldarulo, Marina ^a   Sabbioni, Enrico ^c   Pietra, Romano ^c   Cellini, Carlo ^b   Possati, Gian Federico ^b   Maseri, Attilio ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; CHROMIUM; COBALT; GOLD; MERCURY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART MITOCHONDRION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; RISK FACTORS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0005503056     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00062-5     Document Type: Article

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