Can Acute Occlusion of the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Produce a Typical "Takotsubo" Left Ventricular Contraction Pattern?

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 202-204

  Chao, Tania ^a   Lindsay, Joseph ^a   Collins, Sara ^a   Woldeyes, Libay ^a   Joshi, Subodh B ^a   Steinberg, Daniel H ^a   Satler, Lowell F ^a   Kent, Kenneth M ^a   Suddath, William O ^a   Pichard, Augusto D ^a   Waksman, Ron ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 67649354214     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.03.018     Document Type: Article

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