Right ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis and microfilarial infection [4]

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 87, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 287-289

  Berenguer, Alberto ^a   Plancha, Eva ^a   Gil, Jaime Muñoz ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MICROFILARIASIS; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROFILARIA; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 0037305908     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(02)00309-1     Document Type: Letter

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