Infarct-like acute myocarditis: Relation between electrocardiographic findings and myocardial damage as assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 146-152

  Nucifora, Gaetano ^a   Miani, Daniela ^a   Di Chiara, Antonio ^b   Piccoli, Gianluca ^c   Artico, Jessica ^a   Puppato, Michela ^c   Slavich, Gianaugusto ^a   De Biasio, Marzia ^a   Gasparini, Daniele ^c   Proclemer, Alessandro ^a,d  

^a Academic Medical Centre Santa Maria della Misericordia   (Italy)

^b Tolmezzo General Hospital   (Italy)

^c SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d IRCAB Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADODIAMIDE; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; INFARCT LIKE ACUTE MYOCARDITIS; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875259903     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: 19328737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.22088     Document Type: Article

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