Improved myocardial strain measured by strain-encoded magnetic resonance imaging in a patient with cardiacsarcoidosis

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1531.e9-1531.e11

  Nakano, Shintaro ^a   Kimura, Fumiko ^a   Osman, Nael ^b,c   Sugi, Keiki ^a   Tanno, Jun ^a   Uchida, Yoshitaka ^a   Shiono, Ayako ^a   Senbonmatsu, Takaaki ^a   Nishimura, Shigeyuki ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Diagnosoft Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GADOLINIUM; GALLIUM 67; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MYOCARDIAL STRAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84886951076     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2013.02.023     Document Type: Article

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