Löffler endocarditis presenting with recurrent polymorphic ventricular tachycardia diagnosed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

Circulation

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 96-99

  Coelho Filho, Otavio R ^a   Mongeon, François Pierre ^a   Mitchell, Richard N ^a   Blankstein, Ron ^a   Jerosch Herold, Michael ^a   Kwong, Raymond Y ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; BIOPSY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYSTOLE; TELEMETRY;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BIOPSY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; HUMANS; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYSTOLE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TELEMETRY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 77954578713     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.944538     Document Type: Article

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