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Review
. 2018 Jun;110(6):597-599.
doi: 10.5935/abc.20180089.

Eosinophilic Myocarditis: Clinical Case and Literature Review

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Paulo Dinis  1 , Rogério Teixeira  1 , Luís Puga  1 , Carolina Lourenço  1 , Maria Carmo Cachulo  1 , Lino Gonçalves  1
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Eosinophilic Myocarditis: Clinical Case and Literature Review

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Paulo Dinis et al. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2018 Jun.
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Cardiac magnetic resonance with subepicardial foci of edema and late enhancement of the myocardium in the left ventricle.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Endomyocardial biopsy with presence of eosinophils.
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