Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: An important differential diagnosis to acute myocardial infarction

Danish Medical Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 165-168

  Nielsen, Lene Hüche ^a   Munk, Kim ^b   Goetzsche, Ole ^b   Christiansen, Evald Høj ^b   Nørgaard, Bjarne Linde ^a  

^a LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 70449706061     PISSN: 16039629     EISSN: 16039629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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