Can takotsubo cardiomyopathy be familial?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-75

  Cherian, John ^a   Angelis, Dimitrios ^a   Filiberti, Allen ^a   Saperia, Gordon ^a  

^a SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Myocardial stunning; Takotsubo

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; TROPONIN;

ADULT; AKINESIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; T WAVE INVERSION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHEST PAIN; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL STUNNING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34548050386     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.08.018     Document Type: Article

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