Relationship between cardioscopic images and histological changes in the left ventricle of patients with idiopathic myocarditis

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 504-512

  Uchida, Yasumi ^a,b   Uchida, Yasuto ^c   Sakurai, Takeshi ^b   Kanai, Masahito ^b   Shirai, Seiichiro ^d   Nakagawa, Osamu ^d   Hiruta, Nobuyuki ^b  

^a The Japan Foundation   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY SAKURA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Funabashi Futawa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biopsy findings; Cardioscopy; Endocardial surface colour; Idiopathic myocarditis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLORIMETRY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLOR; ENDOCARDIUM; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79955418367     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfq239     Document Type: Article

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