Indium-111 monoclonal antimyosin cardiac scintigraphy in suspected acute myocarditis: Evolution and diagnostic impact

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 90, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 239-245

  Margari, Zafiria J ^a   Anastasiou Nana, Maria I ^a   Terrovitis, John ^a   Toumanidis, Savas ^a   Agapitos, Emmanuel V ^a   Lekakis, John P ^a   Nanas, John N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antimyosin scintigraphy; Cardiomyopathy; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN ANTIBODY IN 111;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0042885508     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(02)00555-7     Document Type: Article

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