Comparison of clinical features and prognosis of cardiac sarcoidosis and idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 537-540

  Yazaki, Yoshikazu ^a   Isobe, Mitsuaki ^b   Hiramitsu, Shinya ^b   Morimoto, Shin Ichiro ^b   Hiroe, Michiaki ^b   Omichi, Chikaya ^b   Nakano, Takeshi ^b   Saeki, Makihiko ^b   Izumi, Tohru ^b   Sekiguchi, Morie ^b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 17144457734     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00377-4     Document Type: Article

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