A case of transient left ventricular ballooning with pheochromocytoma, supporting pathogenetic role of catecholamines in stress-induced cardiomyopathy or takotsubo cardiomyopathy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Takizawa, Masataka ^a   Kobayakawa, Naoshi ^a   Uozumi, Hiroki ^a   Yonemura, Shigeto ^a   Kodama, Takahide ^a   Fukusima, Kazuyuki ^a   Takeuchi, Hiroaki ^a   Kaneko, Yukihiro ^a   Kaneko, Tomoyuki ^a   Fujita, Kiichirou ^a   Honma, Yukio ^a   Aoyagi, Teruhiko ^a  

^a JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Catecholamine; Heart failure; Pheochromocytoma; Takotsubo

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; CATECHOLAMINES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33751234792     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.07.125     Document Type: Article

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