Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia presenting with pericarditis and ventricular wall hypertrophy [3]

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 87, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 279-282

  Blanco, Patrick ^a   Viallard, Jean François ^a   Roudaut, Raymond ^a   Mercié, Patrick ^a   Pellegrin, Jean Luc ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; PERICARDITIS; PULMONARY EOSINOPHILIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037306511     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(02)00298-X     Document Type: Letter

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