Increased incidence of transient left ventricular apical ballooning (so-called 'Takotsubo' cardiomyopathy) after the Mid-Niigata Prefecture earthquake

Circulation Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 947-953

  Sato, Masahito ^a,e   Fujita, Satoru ^a   Saito, Atushi ^a   Ikeda, Yoshio ^a   Kitazawa, Hitoshi ^a   Takahashi, Minoru ^a   Ishiguro, Junji ^a   Okabe, Masaaki ^a   Nakamura, Yuichi ^b   Nagai, Tsuneo ^c   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^d   Kodama, Makoto ^d   Aizawa, Yoshifusa ^d  

^a Tachikawa General Hospital   (Japan)

^b Nagaoka Chuo General Hospital   (Japan)

^c NAGAOKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e Tachikawa General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apical ballooning; Earthquake; Emotional stress; Left ventricle; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33746678622     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.70.947     Document Type: Article

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