CMR gives clue to "ragged red fibers" in the heart in a patient with mitochondrial myopathy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Jose, Tania ^a   Gdynia, Hans Jürgen ^b   Mahrholdt, Heiko ^a   Vöhringer, Matthias ^a   Klingel, Karin ^c   Kandolf, Reinhard ^c   Bornemann, Antje ^c   Yilmaz, Ali ^a  

^a ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR); Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE); MELAS; Ragged red fibers

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; IBUPROFEN; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MELAS SYNDROME; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEIZURE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHIES; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC;

EID: 79955938677     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.03.057     Document Type: Article

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