Extracorporeal life support: An effective and noninvasive way to treat acute necrotizing eosinophilic myocarditis

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1122-1123

  Khabbaz, Ziad ^a   Grinda, Jean Michel ^a   Fabiani, Jean Noël ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG EDEMA; MICROCLIMATE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; EOSINOPHILIA; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCARDITIS; NECROSIS;

EID: 33947268695     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.11.016     Document Type: Letter

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