Transient mid-ventricular ballooning syndrome complicated by syncope: A variant of tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Yoshida, Tetsuro ^a   Hibino, Takeshi ^a   Fujimaki, Tetsuo ^a   Oguri, Mitsutoshi ^a   Kato, Kimihiko ^a   Yajima, Kazuhiro ^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

Tako tsubo cardiomyopathy; Transient left ventricular apical ballooning; Variant forms of tako tsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEST TIGHTNESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYNCOPE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HUMANS; SYNCOPE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 67349095645     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.03.037     Document Type: Article

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