Assessment of myocardial perfusion and fatty acid metabolism in a patient with Churg-Strauss syndrome associated with eosinophilic heart disease

Circulation Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 595-598

  Shikama, Nobuaki ^a,b   Nakagawa, Tomoo ^a   Takiguchi, Yasuo ^a   Aotsuka, Nobuyuki ^a   Kuwabara, Yoichi ^a   Komiyama, Nobuyuki ^a   Terano, Takashi ^a   Hirai, Akira ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CHIBA AOBA MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

123I BMIPP scintigraphy; 201T1 scintigraphy; Churg Strauss syndrome; Eosinophilic heart disease; Myocardial fatty acid metabolism; Myocardial perfusion

Indexed keywords

15 (4 IODOPHENYL) 3 METHYLPENTADECANOIC ACID I 123; AMINOPHYLLINE; DIURETIC AGENT; FATTY ACID; HYDROCORTISONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; INOTROPIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; THALLIUM 201;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILIC HEART DISEASE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DILATATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHILIA; FATTY ACIDS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 3042756991     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.68.595     Document Type: Article

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