Left ventricular apical ballooning (takotsubo cardiomyopathy) in thyrotoxicosis

Thyroid

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-182

  Rossor, Alexander M ^a   Pearce, Simon H S ^a   Adams, Philip C ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THYROTOXICOSIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIONUCLIDE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 33847671479     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2006.0102     Document Type: Article

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