Acute myocarditis due to Chikungunya virus assessed by contrast-enhanced MRI

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Mirabel, Mariana ^a   Vignaux, Olivier ^a   Lebon, Pierre ^b   Legmann, Paul ^a   Weber, Simon ^a   Meune, Christophe ^a  

^a Paris V René Descartes University ^*  (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

Author keywords

Chikungunya; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

ACEBUTOLOL; AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GADOTERIC ACID; RAMIPRIL; TROPONIN I; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECG ABNORMALITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTRASYSTOLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CONTRAST MEDIA; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 34548036202     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.04.153     Document Type: Article

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