A report of 2 cases of transient mid-ventricular ballooning

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Tamura, Akira ^a   Kawano, Yoshiyuki ^a   Watanabe, Toru ^a   Aso, Takanori ^b   Abe, Yusei ^b   Yano, Shoji ^b   Kadota, Junichi ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Almeida Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mid ventricular ballooning; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; JAPAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT;

AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS;

EID: 35148814479     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.11.060     Document Type: Article

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