Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: The "broken heart" syndrome

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 451-457

  Koulouris, Spyridon ^a   Pastromas, Socrates ^a   Sakellariou, Dimitrios ^a   Kratimenos, Theodoros ^a   Piperopoulos, Ploutarchos ^a   Manolis, Antonis S ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Catecholamine surge; Chest pain; Stress cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; NITRATE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; DIAPHORESIS; DYSPNEA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MICROANGIOPATHY; NAUSEA; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT MONITORING; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SYNCOPE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN;

ANIMALS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 78049345976     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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