Images in cardiovascular medicine: Myocardial inflammation in viral peri-myocarditis detected by tissue Doppler echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging

Cardiovascular Journal of South Africa

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 238-240

  Smedema, Jan Pieter ^a,b,c  

^a N1 City Hospital   (South Africa)

^b Groote Schuur Hospital and UCT Private Academic Hospital   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HEART PRELOAD; HEARTBURN; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REST; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 36849038397     PISSN: 10159657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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