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New Echocardiographic Findings Correlate with Intramyocardial Inflammation in Endomyocardial Biopsies of Patients with Acute Myocarditis and Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy

Background. The diagnosis of acute myocarditis (AMC) and inflammatory cardiomyopathy (DCMi) can be difficult. Speckle tracking echocardiography with accurate assessments of regional contractility could have an outstanding importance for the diagnosis. Methods and Results. N = 25 patients with clinic...

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Autores principales: Escher, Felicitas, Kasner, Mario, Kühl, Uwe, Heymer, Johannes, Wilkenshoff, Ursula, Tschöpe, Carsten, Schultheiss, Heinz-Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3616345/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23576857
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/875420