Multiple old myocardial scars and new onset of myocarditis in two young patients presenting with ventricular tachycardias and dilated cardiomyopathy

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-260

  Wolf Puetz, Anamaria ^a   Wein, Matthias ^a   Niehues, Reinhard ^a   Horlitz, Marc ^a   Kelm, Malte ^b   Klingel, Karin ^c   Kandolf, Reinhard ^c   Klein, Rolf Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AKINESIA; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIAC IMAGING; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART EDEMA; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; MYOCARDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SCAR; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 79954546229     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-010-0250-7     Document Type: Letter

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