Diffuse infiltrative cardiac tuberculosis

Annals of Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-89

  Gulati, Gurpreet S ^a   Kothari, Shyam S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; cardiac mass; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOVASCULAR INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; HEART PALPITATION; HEART TUBERCULOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79955403710     PISSN: 09742069     EISSN: 09745149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-2069.79635     Document Type: Article

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