A rare case of tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy with variable forms of left ventricular dysfunction: A new entity

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Yoshida, Tetsuro ^a   Nishizawa, Toshihisa ^a   Yajima, Kazuhiro ^a   Tsuruoka, Mariko ^a   Fujimaki, Tetsuo ^a   Oguri, Mitsutoshi ^a   Kato, Kimihiko ^a   Hibino, Takeshi ^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

Apical ballooning; Mid ventricular ballooning; Tako tsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIONUCLIDE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 64849086872     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.12.092     Document Type: Article

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