Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, or broken-heart syndrome

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 590-593

  Nykamp, Diane ^a,b   Titak, John Adam ^c  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta   (United States)

^c MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apical ballooning; Broken heart syndrome; Takotsubo

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CARVEDILOL; CLOPIDOGREL; CREATINE KINASE MB; EPTIFIBATIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE PLUS VALSARTAN; LORAZEPAM; RALOXIFENE; SIMVASTATIN; TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEST TIGHTNESS; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKINESIA; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STRESS; SYMPTOM; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTMENOPAUSE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77749345671     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1M568     Document Type: Article

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