Role of myocardial interstitial edema in conduction disturbances in acute myocarditis

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 356-360

  Morimoto, Shin Ichiro ^a   Kato, Shigeru ^a   Hiramitsu, Shinya ^a   Uemura, Akihisa ^a   Ohtsuki, Masatsugu ^a   Kato, Yasuchika ^a   Sugiura, Atsushi ^a   Miyagishima, Kenji ^a   Yoshida, Yukihiko ^b   Hishida, Hitoshi ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA DAINI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Conduction disturbance; Edema; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; EDEMA; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 36048979246     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: 16152573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-006-0922-4     Document Type: Article

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