Adult reversible cardiomyopathy with pituitary adrenal insufficiency caused by empty sella - A case report

Angiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 319-323

  Eto, Kimika ^a,b   Koga, Tokushi ^a   Sakamoto, Akira ^a   Kawazoe, Nobuyuki ^a   Sadoshima, Seizo ^a   Onoyama, Kaoru ^a  

^a STEEL MEMORIAL YAWATA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; THALLIUM;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QT INTERVAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; T WAVE;

EID: 0034002170     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970005100407     Document Type: Article

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