Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy associated with brain metastasis of seminoma in a patient with chronic kidney disease

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 1419-1424

  Fujii, Hideki ^a   Abe, Takaya ^a   Umezu, Michio ^a   Fukagawa, Masafumi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Chronic kidney disease; Seminoma; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; DIURETIC AGENT; GLYCEROL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DETERIORATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEMIPARESIS; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; LUNG CONGESTION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEMINOMA; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE; TAKO TSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN TUMOR; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TESTIS TUMOR;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34548795419     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.0107     Document Type: Article

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