Patterns of myocardial inflammation and scarring in sarcoidosis as assessed by cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Heart

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 399-400

  Schulz Menger, Jeanette ^a,d   Wassmuth, R ^a   Abdel Aty, H ^a,c   Siegel, I ^a   Franke, A ^b   Dietz, R ^a   Friedrich, M G ^a,c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Fachkrankenhaus fuer Lungenheilkunde und Thoraxchirurgie   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CICATRIX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 33644555227     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2004.058016     Document Type: Article

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