A case of transient left ventricular ballooning ("Takotsubo"- shaped cardiomyopathy) developed during plasmapheresis for treatment of myasthenic crisis

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 207-210

  Arai, Motomi ^a   Ukigai, Hiroshi ^a   Miyata, Haruo ^a  

^a SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

"Takotsubo" shaped cardiomyopathy; Bulbar palsy; Myasthenia gravis; Myasthenic crisis; Plasmapheresis

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; EDROPHONIUM CHLORIDE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; TACROLIMUS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AKINESIA; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DYSPHAGIA; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOADSORPTION; INTUBATION; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PTOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAKOTSUBO SHAPED CARDIOMYOPATHY; TENDON REFLEX; THYMOMA; VITAL CAPACITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PLASMAPHERESIS;

EID: 3042752755     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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