Takotsubo cardiomyopathy manifesting as no reflow pattern in coronary flow by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography and prolonged recovery of regional left ventricular wall motion abnormality: A case report

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-46

  Ikeda, Etsuko ^a   Maekawa, Kiyoaki ^a   Kawamoto, Kenji ^a   Fuke, Soichiro ^a   Takagaki, Kenji ^a   Sato, Tetsuya ^a   Hioka, Turo ^a  

^a JAPANESE RED CROSS SOCIETY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathies, other (takotsubo); Coronary microcirculation (no flow); Doppler ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ASYNERGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33644974380     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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