Transient severe mitral regurgitation complicating myocardial stunning due to coronary vasospasm

Internal Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 660-662

  Inoue, Hitoki ^a   Horimoto, Masashi ^a   Hamasakai, Satomi ^a   Takenaka, Takashi ^a   Igarashi, Keiichi ^a   Miyata, Setsuya ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary spasm; Incomplete mitral leaflet closure; Papillary muscle; Transient wall motion abnormality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; CORONARY VASOSPASM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PAPILLARY MUSCLES;

EID: 0033174717     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.38.660     Document Type: Article

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