Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome with heart involvement: Diagnostic utility of the cardiac MRI

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Plastiras, Sotiris C ^a   Tzelepis, George E ^a   Kelekis, Nikolaos L ^a   Vlachoyiannopoulos, Panayiotis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid syndrome; Delayed enhanced cardiac MRI; Myocardial infarct

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FUROSEMIDE; HEPARIN; SPIRONOLACTONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISASTER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846879177     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.08.083     Document Type: Article

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