Acute viral myocarditis: Diagnosis

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Checchia, Paul A ^a   Kulik, Thomas J ^b  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute viral myocarditis; Diagnosis; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE ISOENZYME; TROPONIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 33750814050     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000244336.60719.8C     Document Type: Conference Paper

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