Early diagnosis of focal myocarditis by cardiac magnetic resonance

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 280-281

  Di Bella, Gianluca ^a   de Gregorio, Cesare ^a   Minutoli, Fabio ^b   Pingitore, Alessandro ^c   Coglitore, Sebastiano ^a   Arrigo, Francesco ^a   Carerj, Scipione ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac magnetic resonance; Electrocardiography; Focal myocarditis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEART EDEMA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 33947359889     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.01.069     Document Type: Article

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