Left ventricular free wall rupture in a Caucasian female with takotsubo syndrome: A case report and a brief literature review

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 880-883

  Mafrici, Antonio ^a,b   Proietti, Riccardo ^a   Fusco, Rossana ^a   De Biase, Annamaria ^a   Klugmann, Silvio ^a  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apical ballooning; Cardiac rupture; Takotsubo syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIURETIC AGENT; HEPARIN; NITRATE; OXYGEN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY CARE UNIT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART RUPTURE; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYNDROME; T WAVE; TAKOTSUBO SYNDROME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEART RUPTURE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 33751370809     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e328010410c     Document Type: Article

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