Recurrent apical ballooning despite treatment with verapamil

Cardiology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 210-213

  Abu Fanne, R ^a   Rott, D ^a   Klein, M ^a   Leitersdorf, E ^a   Pollak, A ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Angiography; Myocardial infarction; Taku tsubo; Thallium scan

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CREATINE KINASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NITRATE; THALLIUM; TROPONIN; VERAPAMIL;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TAKO TSUBO SYNDROME; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

AGED; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RECURRENCE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 34948853310     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096779     Document Type: Article

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