Acute myocarditis presenting as acute coronary syndrome: Role of early cardiac magnetic resonance in its diagnosis

Heart

Volumn 97, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1312-1318

  Monney, Pierre A ^a   Sekhri, Neha ^a   Burchell, Thomas ^a   Knight, Charles ^a   Davies, Ceri ^a   Deaner, Andrew ^a   Sheaf, Michael ^a   Baithun, Suhail ^a   Petersen, Steffen ^a   Wragg, Andrew ^a   Jain, Ajay ^a   Westwood, Mark ^a   Mills, Peter ^a   Mathur, Anthony ^a   Mohiddin, Saidi A ^a  

^a LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOTERATE MEGLUMINE; TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE MYOCARDITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART EDEMA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RESUSCITATION; SYSTOLE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDEMA, CARDIAC; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TROPONIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960696819     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.204818     Document Type: Article

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