Chagas' heart disease diagnosed on MRI: The importance of patient "geographic" history

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Marcu, Constantin B ^a   Beek, Aernout M ^b   van Rossum, Albert C ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance; Chagas' heart disease; Delayed contrast enhancement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHAGAS DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOUTH AMERICA; TRAVEL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; EUROPE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33947356241     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.11.114     Document Type: Article

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