Active versus borderline myocarditis: Clinicopathological correlates and prognostic implications

Heart

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 210-215

  Angelini, A ^a   Crosato, M ^a   Boffa, G M ^a   Calabrese, F ^a   Calzolari, V ^a   Chioin, R ^a   Daliento, L ^a   Thiene, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MALE; MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; VIRUS;

EID: 0036181259     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.87.3.210     Document Type: Article

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