Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome and takotsubo cardiomyopathy: The role of echocardiographic monitoring in the ICU

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 436-438

  Papanikolaou, John ^a,b   Tsirantonaki, Maria ^a   Koukoulitsios, George ^a   Papageorgiou, Dimitrios ^a   Mandila, Christina ^a   Karakitsos, Dimitrios ^a   Karabinis, Andreas ^a  

^a G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Polyarteritis nodosa; Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; NITRATE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 70349669133     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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