Plaque rupture is not the cause of takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 305-306

  Novaro, Gian M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLAQUE RUPTURE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THROMBOSIS; TROPONIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 78651102273     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2010.11.030     Document Type: Letter

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