Two unusual cases of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy presenting with sudden cardiac death

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 337, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 473-475

  Mathew, Boban ^a   Villarreal, Daniel ^b  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Sexual intercourse; Stress cardiomyopathy; Sudden cardiac death; Transient left ventricular ballooning syndrome

Indexed keywords

HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; IBUPROFEN; PRAVASTATIN; RETEPLASE; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW BACK PAIN; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN DEATH; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY;

AGED; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 67650230325     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181956f49     Document Type: Article

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