Does rheumatic myocarditis really exists? Systematic study with echocardiography and cardiac troponin I blood levels

European Heart Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 855-862

  Kamblock, Joel ^a   Payot, Laurent ^a   Iung, Bernard ^b   Costes, Philippe ^a   Gillet, Tristan ^a   Le Goanvic, Christophe ^a   Lionet, Philippe ^a   Pagis, Bruno ^a   Pasche, Jerome ^c   Roy, Christine ^c   Vahanian, Alec ^b   Papouin, Gérard ^a  

^a Centre de Cardiologie du Taaone   (French Polynesia)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalier Mamao   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Myocarditis; Rheumatic fever; Troponin

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MYOCARDITIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCARDITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TROPONIN I;

EID: 0038303189     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-668X(02)00825-4     Document Type: Article

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