Early use of cardiac magnetic resonance reduces hospitalization time and costs in patients with acute myocarditis and preserved left ventricular function: A single center experience

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 493-497

  Di Bella, Gianluca ^a   Gaeta, Michele ^a   Todaro, Maria C ^a   Oreto, Lilia ^a   Donato, Rocco ^a   Caruso, Roberto ^a   Blandino, Alfredo ^a   Zito, Concetta ^a   Coglitore, Sebastiano ^a   Carerj, Scipione ^a   Oreto, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

costs; hospitalization time; myocarditis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958723774     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: 15582035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3283470744     Document Type: Article

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