Electrocardiographic findings and myocardial damage in acute myocarditis detected by cardiac magnetic resonance

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 617-624

  Di Bella, Gianluca ^a   Florian, Anca ^b   Oreto, Lilia ^a   Napolitano, Carmela ^b   Todaro, Maria Chiara ^a   Donato, Rocco ^a   Calamelli, Sara ^a   Camastra, Giovanni Salvatore ^d   Zito, Concetta ^a   Carerj, Scipione ^a,c   Bogaert, Jan ^b   Oreto, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Mirano Hospital   (Italy)

^d MG Vannini Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrocardiogram; MRI; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEFIBRILLATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PR INTERVAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; Q WAVE; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; SINUS RHYTHM; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE INVERSION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL STUNNING; MYOCARDITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84865737106     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-012-0433-5     Document Type: Article

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