Cardiovascular impairment in a patient with acute myelitis

Spinal Cord

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 511-513

  Profice, P ^a   Renna, R ^a   Pilato, F ^a   Sestito, A ^b   Infusino, F ^b   Bruno, I ^c   Pravata E ^c   Di Lazzaro, V ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Institute of Cardiology   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^e Fondazione Alberto Sordi   (Italy)

Author keywords

cardiac scintigraphy; myelitis; symptomatic sinus bradycardia

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 123; ATROPINE; DOPAMINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DENERVATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SWELLING; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; BRADYCARDIA; FEMALE; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HUMANS; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE;

EID: 84878949054     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2013.30     Document Type: Article

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