A rare case of tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy complicated by a left ventricular thrombus

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-73

  Tibrewala, Amit V ^a   Moss, Brian N ^a   Cooper, Howard A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apical ballooning; Mural thrombus; Reversible cardiomyopathy; Stress cardiomyopathy; Tako tsubo; Transient left ventricular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMLODIPINE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; METOPROLOL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; DYSKINESIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; QT INTERVAL; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE; TAKO TSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THROMBUS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GATED IMAGING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; THROMBOSIS;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THROMBOSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33644859052     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000197509.72076.21     Document Type: Article

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