Apical thrombus in a patient with takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 831-833

  Azzarelli, Salvatore ^a,c   Galassi, Alfredo R ^b   Amico, Francesco ^a   Giacoppo, Michele ^a   Argentino, Vincenzo ^a   Giordano, Guido ^a   Fiscella, Antonio ^a  

^a CANNIZZARO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant therapy; Apical ballooning syndrome; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; NITRATE; TROPONIN I; WARFARIN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CASE REPORT; DIASTOLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYSTOLE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART DISEASE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THROMBOSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ASPIRIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 55949130088     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3282f1938b     Document Type: Article

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