Diagnostic synergy of non-invasive cardiovascular magnetic resonance and invasive endomyocardial biopsy in troponin-positive patients without coronary artery disease

European Heart Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 2869-2879

  Baccouche, Hannibal ^a   Mahrholdt, Heiko ^a   Meinhardt, Gabriel ^a   Merher, Rimma ^a   Voehringer, Matthias ^a   Hill, Stefan ^a   Klingel, Karin ^b   Kandolf, Reinhard ^b   Sechtem, Udo ^a   Yilmaz, Ali ^a  

^a ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; CMR; EMB; Myocarditis; Troponin

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CHEST PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TROPONIN I;

EID: 71549115804     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp328     Document Type: Article

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