Löffler's endocarditis associated with unusual ECG change mimicking posterior myocardial infarction

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-46

  Maruyoshi, Hidetomo ^a   Nakatani, Satoshi ^a   Yasumura, Yoshio ^a   Hanatani, Akihisa ^a   Yamaguchi, Tomoyoshi ^a   Yutani, Chikao ^a   Ishibashi Ueda, Hatsue ^a   Miyatake, Kunio ^a   Yamagishi, Masakazu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Eosinophilia; L ffler's endocarditis; ST segment depression

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; DOBUTAMINE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACKACHE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCARDITIS; ENDOCARDIUM; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EOSINOPHIL; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 0037359607     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003800300007     Document Type: Article

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