Association of myocardial bridge and takotsubo cardiomyopathy: A case report and literature review

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 957-960

  Boktor, Moheb ^a   Mansi, Ishak A ^b   Troxclair, Sean ^a   Modi, Kalgi ^a  

^a Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional stress; Myocardial bridging; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy; Ventricular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; TROPONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; RISK FACTOR; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 70349088659     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181b08a30     Document Type: Article

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