"Broken heart syndrome": Catecholamine surge or aborted myocardial infarction?

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Khallafi, Hicham ^a   Chacko, Vinod ^a   Varveralis, Nickolas ^a   Elmi, Farhad ^a  

^a EASTON HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HEPARIN; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PATHOGENESIS; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

CATECHOLAMINES; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 37849017376     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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