Documentation of early improvement of left ventricular function in tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Kurisu, Satoshi ^a   Inoue, Ichiro ^a   Kawagoe, Takuji ^a   Ishihara, Masaharu ^a   Shimatani, Yuji ^a   Nakama, Yasuharu ^a   Ohkawa, Keisuke ^a   Maruhashi, Tatsuya ^a   Kagawa, Eisuke ^a   Dai, Kazuoki ^a   Aokage, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Stress; Tako tsubo cardiomyopathy; Ventricular function

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; DAUGHTER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FIGHTING; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE INVERSION; TAKO TSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33751239748     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.07.203     Document Type: Article

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