Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: What is behind the octopus trap?

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-87

  Angelini, Paolo ^a  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; HEART ENZYME;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; ST SEGMENT; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE; TACHYCARDIA; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950415365     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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