Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, or broken-heart syndrome

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 76-79

  Virani, Salim S ^a   Khan, A Nasser ^b   Mendoza, Cesar E ^b   Ferreira, Alexandre C ^b   De Marchena, Eduardo ^b  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathies diagnosis etiology physiopathology; Catecholamines secretion; Chest pain etiology; Coronary angiography; Coronary disease physiopathology; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Heart physiopathology; Myocardial ischemia diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; QT INTERVAL; TAKO TSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STROKE VOLUME; SYNDROME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34247110779     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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