Focal myocardial fibrosis and edema in acute myocarditis demonstrated by multislice computed tomography [4]

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 346-348

  Funabashi, Nobusada ^a   Komuro, Issei ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute myocarditis; Multislice computed tomography; Myocardial fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART EDEMA; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

EID: 27744596783     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.12.040     Document Type: Article

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