A positive endomyocardial biopsy result for sarcoid is associated with poor prognosis in patients with initially unexplained cardiomyopathy

American Heart Journal

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 459-463

  Ardehali, Hossein ^a,c   Howard, David L ^a   Hariri, Arvin ^a   Qasim, Atif ^a   Hare, Joshua M ^a   Baughman, Kenneth L ^b   Kasper, Edward K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PROGNOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 24944546628     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.10.006     Document Type: Article

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