Endomyocardial fibrosis and calcification in an elderly patient

Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a rare restrictive cardiomyopathy in developed countries. The prognosis of EMF depends on severity of heart failure, and it is generally poor as there is no proven specific effective therapy. We have experienced a rare case of EMF in an elderly Japanese man.[Image: s...

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Autores principales: Yanase, Tomonobu, Nakamura, Tomohiro, Haraguchi, Yumiko, Matsumoto, Mitsunari
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Images in Clinical Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6612774/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31312583
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.246
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author Yanase, Tomonobu
Nakamura, Tomohiro
Haraguchi, Yumiko
Matsumoto, Mitsunari
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description Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a rare restrictive cardiomyopathy in developed countries. The prognosis of EMF depends on severity of heart failure, and it is generally poor as there is no proven specific effective therapy. We have experienced a rare case of EMF in an elderly Japanese man.[Image: see text]
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spelling pubmed-66127742019-07-16 Endomyocardial fibrosis and calcification in an elderly patient Yanase, Tomonobu Nakamura, Tomohiro Haraguchi, Yumiko Matsumoto, Mitsunari J Gen Fam Med Images in Clinical Medicine Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a rare restrictive cardiomyopathy in developed countries. The prognosis of EMF depends on severity of heart failure, and it is generally poor as there is no proven specific effective therapy. We have experienced a rare case of EMF in an elderly Japanese man.[Image: see text] John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019-04-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6612774/ /pubmed/31312583 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.246 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Journal of General and Family Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Japan Primary Care Association. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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title Endomyocardial fibrosis and calcification in an elderly patient
title_full Endomyocardial fibrosis and calcification in an elderly patient
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title_full_unstemmed Endomyocardial fibrosis and calcification in an elderly patient
title_short Endomyocardial fibrosis and calcification in an elderly patient
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topic Images in Clinical Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6612774/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31312583
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.246
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