Acute myocarditis: From clinical presentation to cardiac imaging

Recent Patents on Medical Imaging

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-4

  Di Bella, Gianluca ^a   Giudice, Cinzia Lo ^a   Di Matteo, Irene ^a   Lentini, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac imaging; Cardiac magnetic resonance; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM; SPIRONOLACTONE; STEROID;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ACUTE MYOCARDITIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUDDEN DEATH; T WAVE; THORAX PAIN; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 80053491306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18776132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1877613201002010001     Document Type: Article

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