Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in positron emission tomography

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 118, Issue 17-18, 2006, Pages 520-

  Rendl, Gundula ^a   Altenberger, J ^b   Pirich, C ^b  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; FDG PET; Myocardial Stunning; Takotsubo

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

AGED; AKINESIA; AMNESIA; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 33750035155     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-006-0668-0     Document Type: Article

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