Cardiac thrombi in stress (tako-tsubo) cardiomyopathy: More than an apical issue?

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 863-864

  Buchholz, Stefan ^a   Ward, Michael R ^a,b   Bhindi, Ravinay ^a,b   Nelson, Gregory I C ^a   Figtree, Gemma A ^a,b   Grieve, Stuart M ^b,c  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CATECHOLAMINE; GADOLINIUM; HEPARIN; TROPONIN;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; INTUBATION; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTMENOPAUSE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOPHILIA; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPLICATION; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOSIS;

ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 77956380954     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/mcp.2010.0231     Document Type: Letter

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