Fulminant variant of Loeffler disease mimicking arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy in the course of enterobiasis | Zendy

Katarzyna Mizia­Stec | Zendy; Maciej Wybraniec | Zendy; Tomasz Bochenek | Zendy; Karolina Gierlaszyńska | Zendy; Mariusz Gąsior | Zendy; Romuald Wojnicz | Zendy

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Fulminant variant of Loeffler disease mimicking arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy in the course of enterobiasis

Author(s) -

Katarzyna MiziaStec,

Maciej Wybraniec,

Tomasz Bochenek,

Karolina Gierlaszyńska,

Mariusz Gąsior,

Romuald Wojnicz

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

european heart journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336

H-Index - 293

eISSN - 1522-9645

pISSN - 0195-668X

DOI - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehu387

Subject(s) - medicine , fulminant , cardiomyopathy , disease , cardiology , heart failure

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