Noninvasive Imaging Techniques for the Diagnosis of Myocarditis

Heart Failure Clinics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 377-389

  Dec, G William ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; GALLIUM 67; INDIUM 111; PREDNISONE;

CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 33645994822     PISSN: 15517136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hfc.2005.06.007     Document Type: Review

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