Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy may be associated with cardiac geometric features as observed in hypertensive heart disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 251-252

  Yalçin, Fatih ^a   Muderrisoǧlu, Haldun ^b  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Tako tsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GEOMETRY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; ACUTE DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; LETTER; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 67349135632     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.03.018     Document Type: Article

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