Stress-related left ventricular dysfunction: A common terminology for both Takotsubo-like and neurogenic stress syndromes?

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 204-205

  De Gregorio, Cesare ^a   Andò, Giuseppe ^a,b   Trio, Olimpia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; STRESS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBUS; CLASSIFICATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; NOMENCLATURE; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 65549143183     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32831da953     Document Type: Article

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