Cytomegalovirus myocarditis in an immunocompetent patient

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 257-260

  Vanstechelman, Filip ^a   Vandekerckhove, Hans ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Algemeen Ziekenhuis Sint Lucas Gent   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Hepatitis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; SALICYLIC ACID; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS MYOCARDITIS; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FATIGUE; HEART EDEMA; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MYALGIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROCONVERSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 84862121565     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/ac.67.2.2154221     Document Type: Article

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