Pericardial effusion and non-constrictive diastolic dysfunction in acromegaly

European Journal of Radiology Extra

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 81-84

  Alter, Peter ^a   Rominger, Marga B ^a   Kajdan, Ulrich ^a   Kail, Svetlana ^a   Moll, Roland ^a   Klose, Klaus J ^a   Maisch, Bernhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; Cardiomyopathy; Fibrosis; Heart failure; Hypertrophy; Pericardial effusion; Pericardiocentesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646826655     PISSN: 15714675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrex.2006.03.007     Document Type: Article

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