Striking observations during emergency catecholamine treatment of cardiac syncope in a patient with initially unrecognized takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Circulation Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1543-1546

  Dandel, Michael ^a   Lehmkuhl, Hans B ^a   Schmidt, Gunther ^a   Knosalla, Christoph ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Echocardiography; Left ventricular function; Myocardial wall stress; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; DOBUTAMINE; INOTROPIC AGENT; NORADRENALIN;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STRESS; SYNCOPE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

AGED; CATECHOLAMINES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SYNCOPE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 69049083706     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-08-0256     Document Type: Article

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