Unusual case of left ventricular ballooning involving the inferior wall: A case report

Cases Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Rognoni, Andrea ^a   Bertolazzi, Marzia ^a   Maccio', Sergio ^a   Reale, Danilo ^a   Proietti, Riccardo ^a   Rognoni, Giorgio ^a  

^a SANT'ANDREA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 70349504659     PISSN: 17571626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1626-2-140     Document Type: Article

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