A "Bad" case of Tako-Tsubo syndrome

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 248-251

  Ieva, Riccardo ^a   Correale, Michele ^a,b   Brunetti, Natale Daniele ^a   Di Biase, Matteo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b AOU Ospedali Riuniti   (Italy)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Resonance magnetic imaging; Stress cardiomyopathy; Tako Tsubo syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SINUS RHYTHM; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 67849100893     PISSN: 09295305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11239-008-0289-8     Document Type: Article

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