Apical ballooning syndrome in a postoperative patient with normal microvascular perfusion by myocardial contrast echocardiography

Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 606-610

  Ramakrishna, Gautam ^a   Ravi, Barugur S ^a   Chandrasekaran, Krishnaswamy ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Apical ballooning syndrome; Myocardial contrast echocardiography; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AKINESIA; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; APICAL BALOONING SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART PERFUSION; HUMAN; LIVER RESECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; MICROSPHERES; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 27744525462     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2005.40002.x     Document Type: Article

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