The "broken heart sydrome": You're likely to have it only once!

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Lateef, F ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Broken heart syndrome; Coronary arteries; ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI); Stress cardiomyopathy; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLD SWEAT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; SYNDROME; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77953528170     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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