Left ventricular free wall rupture in takotsubo cardiomyopathy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2007, Pages E3-

  Shinozaki, Kazuhiro ^a   Tamura, Akira ^b   Abe, Yusei ^a   Yano, Shoji ^a   Kadota, Junichi ^b  

^a Almeida Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^b OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac rupture; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE;

AGED; AKINESIA; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CASE REPORT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RUPTURE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; HYPERTENSION; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYSTOLE; TAKOTSUBU CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 33845200104     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.05.062     Document Type: Article

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