Myocardial Involvement in a Patient With Chlamydia trachomatis Infection

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 351-353

  Mavrogeni, Sophie ^a   Manoussakis, Menelaos ^b   Spargias, Kostas ^a   Kolovou, Genovefa ^a   Saroglou, George ^a   Cokkinos, Dennis V ^a  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FATIGUE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOXYCYCLINE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 43149124599     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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