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

• Príomhchruthaitheoirí: Felicitas Escher (Údar), Mario Kasner (Údar), Uwe Kühl (Údar), Johannes Heymer (Údar), Ursula Wilkenshoff (Údar), Carsten Tschöpe (Údar), Heinz-Peter Schultheiss (Údar)
• Formáid: LEABHAR
• Foilsithe / Cruthaithe: Hindawi Limited, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Ábhair: article
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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 clinical...