Tako-tsubo syndrome on the rise: A review of the current literature

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 978, 2007, Pages 261-264

  Buchholz, Stefan ^a,b   Rudan, George ^b  

^a Manly District Hospital   (Australia)

^b Manly District General Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

15 (4 IODOPHENYL) 3 METHYLPENTADECANOIC ACID I 123; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HEPARIN; SOTALOL; THALLIUM 201; WARFARIN;

ACCURACY; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CELL DAMAGE; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EPICARDIUM; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; HEART VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROCIRCULATION; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE; TAKO TSUBO SYNDROME; TORSADE DES POINTES; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; VASOSPASM;

AGED; CALCIUM; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VASOSPASM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL STUNNING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNDROME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34247549153     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2006.052423     Document Type: Review

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