Multimodality imaging showing complete cardiovascular involvement by Erdheim-Chester disease

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Alharthi, Mohsen S ^a   Calleja, Anna ^a   Panse, Prasad ^a   Appleton, Christopher ^a   Jaroszewski, Dawn E ^a   Tazelaar, Henry D ^a   Mookadam, Farouk ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cradiac involvement; Erdheim Chester disease; Histiocytosis; Multimodality imaging; Multisystem disease

Indexed keywords

CLADRIBINE; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ERDHEIM CHESTER DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDIOTOMY; PERICARDITIS; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTA; CLADRIBINE; ERDHEIM-CHESTER DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955449039     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jeq052     Document Type: Article

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