Cardiac involvement of Churg Strauss syndrome demonstrated by magnetic resonance imaging

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Smedema, J P ^a   Van Paassen, P ^a   Van Kroonenburgh, M J P G ^a   Snoep, G ^a   Crijns, H J G M ^a   Cohen Tervaert, J W ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac magnetic resonance; Churg Strauss syndrome; Myocarditis; Small vessel disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG BIOPSY; SCINTIGRAPHY; SINUS RHYTHM; SKIN BIOPSY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; AZATHIOPRINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPYRIDAMOLE TL 201; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; NITRATE; RANITIDINE; TROPONIN T;

CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 15044362790     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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