Endomyocardial fibrosis: The first report from Malawi

Paediatrics and International Child Health

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 86-88

  Kennedy, Neil ^a   Miller, P ^b   Adamczick, C ^c   Molyneux, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Zomba Central Hospital   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Cardiac failure; Cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CAPTOPRIL; DIGOXIN; FUROSEMIDE; LISINOPRIL; SPIRONOLACTONE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SWELLING; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXOPHTHALMOS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART MURMUR; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LEG EDEMA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALAWI; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TUBERCULOUS PERICARDITIS; CASE REPORT; RADIOGRAPHY; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, RESTRICTIVE; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE;

EID: 84866792176     PISSN: 20469047     EISSN: 20469055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1465328111Y.0000000036     Document Type: Article

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