Echocardiographic follow-up of Chlamydia psittaci myocarditis

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Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1203-1205

  Schinkel, Arend F L ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^a   Van Der Wall, Ernst E ^a   Jonkers, Gé J P M ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RIJNLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chlamydia psittaci; Echocardiography; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0034008759     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.117.4.1203     Document Type: Article

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