Takotsubo (stress) cardiomyopathy and the anesthesiologist: Enough case reports. Let's try to answer some specific questions!

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 674-679

  Hessel, Eugene A ^a   London, Martin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOBUTAMINE; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LEVOSIMENDAN; METOPROLOL; OXPRENOLOL;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANESTHESIST; ANXIETY; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EDITORIAL; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HEART ARREST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; LUNG EDEMA; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PHYSICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SYNCOPE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TORSADE DES POINTES;

EID: 77949297244     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181c9fa22     Document Type: Editorial

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