Characterization of Löeffler eosinophilic myocarditis by means of real time three-dimensional contrast-enhanced echocardiography

Echocardiography

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Del Bene, Maria Riccarda ^a   Cappelli, Francesco ^a   Rega, Luigi ^a   Venditti, Francesco ^a   Barletta, Giuseppe ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome; late gadolinium enhancement; L effler endomyocarditis; real time three dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LOEFFLER ENDOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; T WAVE INVERSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

EID: 84858795283     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2011.01570.x     Document Type: Article

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