Myocarditis mimicking Takotsubo cardiomyopathy or Takotsubo cardiomyopathy with secondary inflammation?

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 809-

  Eitel, Ingo ^a   Schuler, Gerhard ^a   Thiele, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LETTER; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MYOCARDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDITIS; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 67749145402     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfp089     Document Type: Letter

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