Transient left ventricular ballooning (tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy) soon after intravenous ergonovine injection following caesarean delivery

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Citro, Rodolfo ^a   Pascotto, Marco ^a   Provenza, Gennaro ^a   Gregorio, Giovanni ^a   Bossone, Eduardo ^b  

^a UO UTIC Cardiologia   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caesarean delivery; Ergonovine; Stress cardiomyopathy; Tako tsubo cardiomyopathy; Transient left ventricular ballooning

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; ERGOMETRINE; TROPONIN I;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG EDEMA; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; ERGONOVINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; OXYTOCICS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 73649116761     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.06.041     Document Type: Article

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