Midventricular variant of transient apical ballooning: A likely demonstration of its pathophysiologic mechanism

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 92-93

  Angelini, Paolo ^a  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARGININE; CARVEDILOL; DILTIAZEM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LOSARTAN; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TROPONIN;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; SIDE EFFECT; T WAVE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 58749083574     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/84.1.92     Document Type: Letter

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