Assessment of myocardial abnormalities in rheumatoid arthritis using a comprehensive cardiac magnetic resonance approach: A pilot study

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Kobayashi, Yasuyuki ^a   Giles, Jon T ^b   Hirano, Masaharu ^c   Yokoe, Isamu ^d   Nakajima, Yasuo ^a   Bathon, Joan M ^b   Lima, Joao A C ^b   Kobayashi, Hitomi ^d  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Itabashi Chuo Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; MYOCARDITIS; PILOT STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 77956489714     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar3131     Document Type: Article

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