Cardioscopic spectrum of the left ventricular endocardial surface and its relation to histologic changes in idiopathic myocarditis

American Heart Journal

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 107-114

  Uchida, Yasumi ^a   Nakamura, Fumitaka ^a   Hirose, Junichi ^a   Oshima, Tomomitsu ^a   Morita, Toshihiro ^a   Morizuki, Satoru ^a   Sasaki, Toshihiko ^a   Tsubouchi, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOCARDIUM; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030053827     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(96)90058-7     Document Type: Article

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