Q wave and non-Q wave myocarditis with special reference to clinical significance

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 763-774

  Nakashima, Hiroshi ^a   Katayama, Tomoyuki ^a   Ishizaki, Masahiko ^a   Takeno, Masayoshi ^a   Honda, Yukiharu ^a   Yano, Katsusuke ^b  

^a Nagasaki Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abnormal Q waves; Creatine kinase; Echocardiographic findings; In hospital complications; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; Q WAVE;

EID: 0032466271     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.39.763     Document Type: Article

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