PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Alexander, Lori
ED  - Higuchi, Maria de Lourdes
TI  - Cardiac Infections
DP  - 2008 Jun 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 5--5
VI  - 8
IP  - 2
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/8/2/5.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/8/2/5.full
AB  - The first symposium developed jointly by the American College of Cardiology and the Brazilian Society of Cardiology, provided an overview of infectious diseases of the heart. This article features an important review of viral and parasitic infections of the heart and the role of infection in myocarditis, pericarditis, and coronary artery disease.