"Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging reveals myocardial inflammation and coronary artery ectasia during the acute phase of Kawasaki disease"

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Mavrogeni, S ^a   Papadopoulos, G ^b   Karanasios, E ^b   Cokkinos, D V ^a  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^b AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Angiography; Inflammation; Kawasaki disease; MRI

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; PENTETIC ACID;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; MYOCARDITIS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 68049097053     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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