Transient apical ballooning syndrome precipitated by dobutamine stress testing

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 501-502

  Skolnick, Adam H ^a   Michelin, Krista ^a   Nayar, Ambika ^a   Fisher, Daniel ^a   Kronzon, Itzhak ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CASE REPORT; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 64549128322     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-150-7-200904070-00015     Document Type: Letter

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