Prevalence and clinical features of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in Taiwanese patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome

Acta Cardiologica Sinica

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-18

  Hsu, Chen Tung ^a   Chen, Cheng Yun ^a   Chang, Rei Yeuh ^a,b   Chen, Yung Ping ^a   Chu, I Tseng ^a   Liang, Hsin Li ^a   Chen, Cheng Kang ^a  

^a CHIA YI CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NANHUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Taiwan; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy; Transient left ventricular apical ballooning

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNCOPE; T WAVE INVERSION; TAIWAN; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 77952623913     PISSN: 10116842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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