Reverse or Inverted Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy (Reverse Left Ventricular Apical Ballooning Syndrome) Presents at a Younger Age Compared With the Mid or Apical Variant and Is Always Associated With Triggering Stress

Congestive Heart Failure

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 284-286

  Ramaraj, Radhakrishnan ^a,b   Movahed, Mohammad Reza ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STROKE VOLUME; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 78649479155     PISSN: 15275299     EISSN: 17517133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7133.2010.00188.x     Document Type: Article

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