Apical thrombus associated with takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a young woman

Echocardiography

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 575-580

  Tobar, Ricardo ^a   Rotzak, Renee ^a,b   Rozenman, Yoseph ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Apical ballooning syndrome; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CARVEDILOL; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AKINESIA; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE APICAL THROMBOSIS; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; SINUS RHYTHM; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THROMBOSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 65349126391     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00826.x     Document Type: Article

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