Isolated giant cell myocarditis in the atrium: An incidental finding?

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1179-1180

  Ahmad, Imran ^a   Craig Miller, D ^a   Berry, Gerald J ^a   Hsia, Henry H ^a   Wang, Paul J ^a   Al Ahmad, Amin ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial myopathy; Gian cell myocarditis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INTERSTITIAL MYOCARDITIS; MALE; MYOCARDITIS;

AGED; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 33750049006     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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