Prevalence of stress-induced myocardial stunning (Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy) among patients undergoing emergency coronary angiography for suspected acute myocardial infarction

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 411-413

  Klinčeva, Milka ^a   Widimský, Petr ^a   Pešl, Ladislav ^b   Štásek, Josef ^a   Toušek, František ^b   Vambera, Milan ^b   Bílková, Danuše ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Regional Hospital   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Prevalence; Stress induced myocardial stunning; Urgent coronary angiography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STRESS; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE; TAKO TSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL STUNNING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34447539612     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.07.228     Document Type: Article

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