Apical ballooning by transient left ventricular dysfunction (so-called "ampulla" cardiomyopathy) associated with therapy for acute pulmonary thromboembolism: A case report

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-46

  Kai, R ^a   Yasu, T ^a   Fujii, M ^a   Kubo, N ^a   Ohta, M ^a   Yutani, C ^a   Saito, M ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathies, other (ampulla type); Heart failure; Microcirculation; Myocardium (contraction band necrosis); Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0034911816     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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