Right ventricular involvement and pulmonary hypertension in an elderly woman with tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy

Chest

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 973-975

  Citro, Rodolfo ^a   Caso, Ilaria ^a   Provenza, Gennaro ^a   Santoro, Michele ^a   Gregorio, Giovanni ^a   Bossone, Eduardo ^b  

^a San Luca Hospital   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 77950843182     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-0923     Document Type: Article

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