Predictors of outcome of myocarditis

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 379-384

  Kuhn B ^a,b   Shapiro, E D ^a   Walls, T A ^a   Friedman, A H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac failure; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE DILATATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MYOCARDITIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; SYSTOLE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNECTICUT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENTEROVIRUS B, HUMAN; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 3343001739     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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