Angina-like chest pain and syncope as the clinical presentation of left ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis: A case report

Angiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 339-342

  Bestetti, Reinaldo B ^a   Corbucci, Helio A R ^a   Fornitano, Luis D ^a   Godoy, Moacyr F ^a   Cury, Patricia M ^a   Villafanha, Daniel ^a   Santana, Domingos A ^a   Soares, Marcelo J F ^a   Braile, Domingo M ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine of São José do Rio Preto ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYNCOPE; T WAVE; THORAX PAIN;

CHEST PAIN; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SYNCOPE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 18544372922     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970505600316     Document Type: Article

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