Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: A consensus document;La cardiomiopatia takotsubo: Documento di consenso

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 785-797

  Novo, Salvatore ^a   Akashi, Yoshihiro ^b   Arbustini, Eloisa ^b   Assennato, Pasquale ^b   Azzarelli, Salvatore ^b   Barbaro, Giuseppe ^b   Fazio, Giovanni ^b   Fedele, Francesco ^b   Giordan, Massimo ^b   Mazzarotto, Pietro ^b   Modena, Maria Grazia ^b   Novo, Giuseppina ^b   Parodi, Guido ^b   Previtali, Mario ^b   Rapezzi, Claudio ^b   Sconci, Francesca ^b   Sganzerla, Paolo ^b   Tona, Francesco ^b   Salerno Uriarte, Jorge A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSENSUS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENDER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; MENTAL STRESS; MICROCIRCULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL STRESS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE; SYMPTOM; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; T WAVE INVERSION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 57149105602     PISSN: 18276806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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