Characteristic clinical findings of reversible left ventricular dysfunction

Internal Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 789-792

  Yamasa, Toshihiko ^a,b   Ikeda, Satoshi ^a,b   Ninomiya, Akiyo ^a,b   Yoshinaga, Takayuki ^a,b   Hata, Shiro ^a,b   Yakabe, Kazuaki ^a,b   Fukahori, Masami ^a,b   Miyahara, Yoshiyuki ^a,b   Kohno, Shigeru ^a,b  

^a Sasebo Shiritsu Sogo Hospital   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ampulla cardiomyopathy; Coronary; Coronary sensitivity; Spasm

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PROVOCATION TEST; QT INTERVAL; RISK FACTOR; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE;

EID: 0036808011     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.41.789     Document Type: Article

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