Tako-tsubo-like syndrome in systemic sclerosis: A sign of myocardial Raynaud phenomenon?

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 898-899

  Melchiorre, D ^a   Bernardo, P ^a   Conforti, M L ^a   Comunian, C ^a   Nacci, F ^a   Guiducci, S ^a   Fiori, G ^a   Moggi Pignone, A ^a   Gensini, G F ^a   Matucci Cerinic, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Division of Rheumatology AOUC   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM; HEMOGLOBIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; RAMIPRIL; TROPONIN I;

AGED; AKINESIA; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ASYNERGY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART PERFUSION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SEPSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; T WAVE; TAKO TSUBO LIKE SYNDROME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RAYNAUD DISEASE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 45149083076     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2007.069500     Document Type: Letter

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