Typical and atypical takotsubo-like cardiomyopathy as a manifestation of pheochromocytoma

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 382-383

  Pfister, R ^a   Diedrichs, H ^a   Dietlein, M ^a   Erdmann, E ^a   Schneider, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 123; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; CREATINE KINASE; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; TROPONIN T;

ADRENAL SCINTISCANNING; ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS; LETTER; MYOCARDITIS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PNEUMONIA; SYNCOPE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 44849102486     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03346375     Document Type: Letter

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