Case report: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a recently widowed woman

American Family Physician

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 908-

  Aggarwal, Meenakshi ^a   Needham, Eddie ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; WIDOWER;

EID: 71649093060     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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