Long-term outcome of acute myocarditis. A prospective study of a series of 99 patients (1987-1995);Evolución a largo plazo de la miocarditis aguda. Estudio prospectivo de una serie de 99 pacientes (1987-1995)

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 723-731

  Torres, Francisco ^a   Anguita, Manuel ^a   Giménez, Diego ^a   Mesa, Dolores ^a   Tejero, Ignacio ^a   Franco, Manuel ^a   Benítez, Fernando ^a   Amat, Manuel ^a   Vallés, Federico ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030254386     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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