Giant cell myocarditis depicted by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 742-744

  Shonk, Jason R ^a   Vogel Claussen, Jens ^a   Halushka, Marc K ^a   Lima, João A C ^a   Bluemke, David A ^a,b  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; Giant cell myocarditis; Heart failure; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; HEART; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETISM;

CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION; CONDITION; GIANT CELL MYOCARDITI; GIANT CELLS; HEALTHY PEOPLE; HEART FAILURE; MYOCARDITI;

RESONANCE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; GRANULATION TISSUE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; MUSCLE CELL; MYOCARDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 28044446089     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rct.0000179243.54977.3f     Document Type: Article

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