Myocardial Delayed Enhancement by Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients With Muscular Dystrophy

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 1874-1879

  Silva, Marly Conceição ^a   Meira, Zilda Maria Alves ^b   Gurgel Giannetti, Juliana ^b   da Silva, Marcelo Moreira ^b   Oliveira Campos, Alysson Félix ^a   de Melo Barbosa, Márcia ^a   Filho, Geraldo Moll Starling ^a   de Aguiar Ferreira, Rogério ^a   Zatz, Mayana ^c   Rochitte, Carlos Eduardo ^a,c  

^a Axial Centro de Imagem   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHILD; CREATINE KINASE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; MYOCARDIUM; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 34247465031     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.10.078     Document Type: Article

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