Reversible left ventricular dysfunction manifesting as hyperkinesis of the basal and the apical areas with akinesis of the mid portion: A case report

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 285-290

  Shimizu, Masatoshi ^a   Takahashi, Hanayo ^a   Fukatsu, Yasuhide ^a   Tatsumi, Kazuhiro ^a   Shima, Takashi ^a   Miwa, Yoichi ^a   Okada, Toshio ^a   Fujita, Masayuki ^a  

^a Kobe National Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary vasospasm; Echocardiography, transthoracic; Myocardial stunning (tako tsubo like left ventricular dysfunction); Norepinephrine; Radionuclide imaging

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; NITRATE; NORADRENALIN; (3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AKINESIA; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERKINETIC HEART SYNDROME; MALE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE; T WAVE; TAKO TSUBO LIKE LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOISOTOPE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

3-IODOBENZYLGUANIDINE; CORONARY VASOSPASM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; RADIONUCLIDE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0043208395     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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