Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy (apical ballooning)

Heart

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1309-1315

  Nef, Holger M ^a   Möllmann, Helge ^a   Elsässer, Albrecht ^a  

^a KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TAKO TSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MICROCIRCULATION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 34848893920     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2006.101675     Document Type: Review

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