Assessment of myocardial involvement using cardiac troponin-I and echocardiography in rheumatic carditis in Izmir, Turkey

Pediatrics International

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-64

  Tavli, Vedide ^a   Canbal, Abdullah ^a   Şaylan, Berna ^a   Saritaş, Türkay ^a   Meşe, Timur ^a   Atlihan, Füsun ^a  

^a DR BEHÇET UZ CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute rheumatic carditis; Cardiac troponin I; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; STREPTOLYSIN O; TROPONIN I;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TROPONIN I; TURKEY;

EID: 39049117513     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2007.02511.x     Document Type: Article

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