Takotsubo cardiomyopathy presenting as multivessel coronary spasm syndrome: Case report and review of the literature

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 507-511

  Sansen, Vicky ^a,b   Holvoet, Germain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b AZ Damiaan ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Multivessel coronary spasm; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy; Transient apical ballooning

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TROPONIN T; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AEROSOL; AGED; AKINESIA; ANAMNESIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BALLOON; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE INVERSION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY VASOSPASM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 35348828468     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.62.5.2023415     Document Type: Review

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