Tako-Tsubo syndrome: Dying of a broken heart?

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 771-780

  Sinning, Ch ^a   Keller, T ^a   Abegunewardene, N ^a   Kreitner, K F ^a   Munzel T ^a   Blankenberg, S ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Broken heart syndrome; Stress cardiomyopathy; Tako Tsubo syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; INOTROPIC AGENT; LEVOSIMENDAN; STRESS HORMONE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 78649652024     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-010-0224-9     Document Type: Review

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