Myocarditis in a patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy detected by cardiovascular magnetic resonance and cardiac biopsy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Mavrogeni, Sophie ^a   Papavassiliou, Antigoni ^b   Cokkinos, Dennis V ^a  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^b PENTELI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Myocardial biopsy; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTRAST MEDIA; GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 60649110875     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.10.015     Document Type: Article

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