Echinococcosis of the heart: Clinical and echocardiographic features in 19 patients

American Heart Journal

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1028-1030

  Bashour, Tali T ^a   Alali, Abdel R K ^b   Mason, Dean T ^b   Saalouke, Michael ^b  

^a ST MARY S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029807511     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(96)90017-4     Document Type: Article

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