Use of cardiac MR imaging to evaluate the presence of myocarditis in autoimmune myositis: Three cases

Rheumatology International

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 779-782

  Toong, Catherine ^a,b   Puranik, Rajesh ^a,b   Adelstein, Stephen ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autoimmune myositis; Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; Inflammatory myopathy; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; TROPONIN T; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOCARDITIS; MYOSITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; MYOSITIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84863302432     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-009-1324-6     Document Type: Article

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