Transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome: All that glitters is not apical

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 934-936

  Cortese, Bernardo ^a,b   Robotti, Stefano ^a   Puggioni, Enrico ^a   Bianchi, Federico ^a   Lupi, Gabriele ^a   Brignole, Michele ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Tako Tsubo cardiomyopathy; Variant form of apical ballooning syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENOXAPARIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; AKINESIA; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; DYSKINESIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; HYPERTENSION; Q WAVE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; TRANSIENT LEFT VENTRICULAR APICAL BALLOONING SYNDROME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIONUCLIDE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; SYNDROME; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 34948870779     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3280122345     Document Type: Article

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