Is concomitant coronary artery disease an exclusion criterion for transient left ventricular apical ballooning?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Burgdorf, Christof ^a   Schunkert, Heribert ^a   Kurowski, Volkhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Transient left ventricular apical ballooning

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT; TRANSIENT LEFT VENTRICULAR APICAL BALLOONING;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 39749086921     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.11.226     Document Type: Article

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