Transient left ventricular apical ballooning (Tako-tsubo): The syndrome that mimics acute myocardial infarction

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 550-552

  Osherov, Azrial ^a,b   Matetzky, Shlomi ^a,b   Beinart, Roy ^a,b   Hod, Hanoch ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Doppler guide wire; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CATECHOLAMINE; DECANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ERGOMETRINE; HEART ENZYME; IODINE 123; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; ECG ABNORMALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; HEART PERFUSION; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; LEFT VENTICULAR APICAL BALLOONING; MICROCIRCULATION; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 4544251591     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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