Clinical Myocarditis Masquerading as Acute Coronary Syndrome

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 612-615

  Kern, Jeremy ^a,b   Modi, Rushabn ^b   Atalay, Michael K ^b,c   Kochilas, Lazaros K ^a,b  

^a HASBRO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; MYOCARDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; ST SEGMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TROPONIN;

EID: 62649142836     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.10.018     Document Type: Article

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