Sympathoadrenergic overstimulation in Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy triggered by physical and emotional stress

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 266-268

  Nef, Holger M ^a   Möllmann, Helge ^a   Hilpert, Pirmin ^a   Masseli, Franz ^a   Kostin, Sawa ^b   Troidl, Christian ^b   Rolf, Andreas ^a   Dill, Thorsten ^a   Weber, Michael ^a   Hamm, Christian ^a   Elsasser A ^a  

^a KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HEART AND LUNG RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Apical ballooning syndrome; Tako Tsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 54549085553     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.05.119     Document Type: Article

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