Incidental histological diagnosis of acute rheumatic myocarditis: Case report and review of the literature

Frontiers in Pediatrics

Volumn 2, Issue NOV, 2014, Pages

  Spina, Guilherme S ^a   Sampaio, Roney O ^a   Branco, Carlos E ^a   Miranda, George B ^a   Rosa, Vitor E E ^a   Tarasoutchi, Flávio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute rheumatic fever; Aschoff's body; Cardiac surgery for valvular heart disease; Diagnosis of myocarditis; Rheumatic fever; Rheumatic myocarditis; Valvular heart disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941628163     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2014.00126     Document Type: Article

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