Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy complicated by left apical thrombus;Cardiomiopatia simil-tako-tsubo complicata da formazione di trombo apicale

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 134-136

  Bartolomucci, Francesco ^a   de Michele, Mario ^b   Strippoli, Francesco ^a   Capretti, Giuliana ^b   Barone, Giovanni ^a   Contursi, Vincenzo ^c   Distante, Alessandro ^d   Portaluri, Maurizio ^e  

^a Ospedale L Bonomo   (Italy)

^b g Moscati Hospital   (Italy)

^c Associazione Italiana Medici di Famiglia   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^e Direzione Generale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Tako tsubo cardiomyopathy; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE APICAL THROMBOSIS; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; VEIN EMBOLISM;

FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 48249101276     PISSN: 18276806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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