Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy and drowning syndrome is there a link?

Chest

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 469-

  Citro, Rodolfo ^a   Previtali, Mario ^b   Bossone, Eduardo ^c  

^a San Luca Hospital   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico di Diritto Pubblico   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DROWNING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LETTER; MALE; NEAR DROWNING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 49449103718     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-0541     Document Type: Letter

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