Takotsubo (ampulla) cardiomyopathy is not rare in Taiwan

Acta Cardiologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-38

  Chang, Nen Chung ^a,b   Kawai, Sachio ^c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; NOTE; PHYSICAL STRESS; Q WAVE; QT PROLONGATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STENOSIS; T WAVE INVERSION; TAIWAN; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 66449109174     PISSN: 10116842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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