Tropical endomyocardial fribrosis or Davies disease. A case report;Fibrosis endomiocárdica tropical o enfermedad de Davies. A propósito de un caso

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 235-238

  García Fernández, Francisco J ^a   Berjón, Jesús ^a   Ruiz, Valeriano ^a   Alcasena, Ma Soledad ^a   Imizcoz, Miguel A ^a   Lezáun, Román ^a  

^a Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endomyocardial fibrosis; Restrictive cardiomyopathy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN;

ADULT; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 0035261191     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-8932(01)76297-5     Document Type: Article

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