Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy complicated by apical thrombus formation: A case report

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

Anticoagulant therapy; Left ventricular thrombus; Tako tsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; INSULIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 60649105999     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.08.045     Document Type: Article

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