Myocardial infiltration in Gaucher's disease detected by cardiac MRI

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2012, Pages e5-

  Solanich, Xavier ^a   Claver, Eduard ^a   Carreras, Francesc ^b   Giraldo, Pilar ^c   Vidaller, Antoni ^a   Aguilar, Río ^a   Cequier, Àngel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cardiac magnetic resonance; Gadolinium; Gaucher; Genetic disease; Late enhancement; Lipid storage

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; IMIGLUCERASE; SPHINGOLIPID;

ADULT; BIOACCUMULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GAUCHER DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LIPID STORAGE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84859921619     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.06.072     Document Type: Article

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