Tsutsugamushi myocarditis with congestive heart failure and persistent atrial standstill

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 382-388

  Jeong, Myung Ho ^a   Ahn, Young Keun ^a   Gill, Gwang Chae ^a   Park, Joo Hyung ^a   Cho, Jeong Gwan ^a   Park, Jong Chun ^a   Kang, Jung Chaee ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Persistent atrial standstill; Tsutsugamushi myocarditis

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INOTROPISM; MYOCARDITIS; PR INTERVAL; RICKETTSIA; SCRUB TYPHUS; SINUS ARREST; VASCULITIS;

ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIAL FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 3042983042     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.60.382     Document Type: Article

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