Diagnostic value of contrast echocardiography in Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy

Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 103, Issue 8-9, 2010, Pages 447-453

  Mansencal, Nicolas ^a,b   Pellerin, Denis ^c   Lamar, Aurélia ^a   Beauchet, Alain ^b   El Mahmoud, Rami ^a   Pillire, Rémy ^a   McKenna, William J ^c   Dubourg, Olivier ^a,b  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Contrast; Echocardiography; Tako Tsubo syndrome

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SONOVUE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; SYSTOLE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 78449270264     PISSN: 18752136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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