A rare case of tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy documented during Holter monitoring

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Yoshida, Tetsuro ^a   Hibino, Takeshi ^a   Fujimaki, Tetsuo ^a   Oguri, Mitsutoshi ^a   Kato, Kimihiko ^a   Yajima, Kazuhiro ^a   Ohte, Nobuyuki ^b   Yokoi, Kiyoshi ^a   Kimura, Genjiro ^b  

^a GIFU PREFECTURAL TAJIMI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Emotional or physical stress; Tako tsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 60649088488     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.08.035     Document Type: Article

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