Severe reversible myocardial depression in a patient with Pseudomonas aeruginosa sepsis suggesting tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Palacio, Carlos ^a   Nugent, Kenneth ^a   Alalawi, Raed ^a   Cevik, Cihan ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Ischemia; Pseudomonas infection; Tako tsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUID THERAPY; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PNEUMONIA; SEPTIC SHOCK; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 67349146297     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.03.032     Document Type: Article

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