Reversible impairment of coronary flow reserve in takotsubo cardiomyopathy: A myocardial PET study

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 811-817

  Feola, Mauro ^a   Chauvie, Stephane ^a   Rosso, Gian Luca ^a   Biggi, Alberto ^a   Ribichini, Flavio ^b   Bobbio, Marco ^a  

^a S CROCE E CARLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apical ballooning syndrome; coronary flow reserve; positron emission tomography; takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIUM; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOISOTOPES; SYNDROME; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 54449083749     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03007363     Document Type: Article

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