Reversible biventricular dysfunction secondary to ischemia in a patient with acute airway obstruction: A case report and review of the literature on reversible causes of acute ventricular dysfunction

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 705-708

  Lee, Candace ^a   Wolfe, Kevin B ^a   Rabson, John L ^a,b  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ischemia; Myocardial stunning; Respiration; Ventricles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; MYOCARDIAL STUNNING; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 0032768298     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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