An Unusual Precipitant of Tako-Tsubo Cardiomyopathy

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 512-514

  Eggleton, Simon ^a   Mathur, Gita ^a   Lambros, John ^a  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electrical cardioversion; Left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome; Tako tsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; DOPAMINE; FUROSEMIDE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERINDOPRIL; SOTALOL; TROPONIN; WARFARIN;

AGED; AKINESIA; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; LUNG EDEMA; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; OLIGURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QT PROLONGATION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; T WAVE INVERSION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HUMANS; PULMONARY EDEMA; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 55949109163     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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