Viable but denervated myocardium in a patient with eosinophilic myocarditis

International Medical Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-

  Matsuo, Shinro ^a   Nakae, Ichiro ^a   Nakamura, Yasuyuki ^a   Horie, Minoru ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 123; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHIL MYOCARDITIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DENERVATION; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION;

EID: 0037366246     PISSN: 13412051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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