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 clinical...

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Published in:	Mediators of Inflammation
Main Authors:	Felicitas Escher, Mario Kasner, Uwe Kühl, Johannes Heymer, Ursula Wilkenshoff, Carsten Tschöpe, Heinz-Peter Schultheiss
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2013-01-01
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/875420