A case of takotsubo cardiomyopathy: Transient left ventricular apical ballooning

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 388-390

  Lau, K C H ^a   Yiu, K K H ^a   Lee, K L ^a   Ko, R L Y ^a   Lam, Y M ^a   Lam, L ^a   Lee, S W L ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathies; Catecholamines; Myocardial infarction; Ventricular dysfunction, left

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AKINESIA; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE MARKER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; LABORATORY TEST; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; VITAL SIGN;

AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33750079859     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: 10242708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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