Detection of acute inflammatory myocarditis in Epstein barr virus infection using hybrid 18F-fluoro-deoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging

Circulation

Volumn 130, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 925-926

  Von Olshausen, Gesa ^a   Hyafil, Fabien ^a   Langwieser, Nicolas ^a   Laugwitz, Karl Ludwig ^a,b   Schwaiger, Markus ^a   Ibrahim, Tareq ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b DZHK GERMAN CENTRE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM CHELATE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ACUTE MYOCARDITIS; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YOUNG ADULT; ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; VIROLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; MYOCARDITIS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908616564     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.011000     Document Type: Note

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