β-receptor antagonist cessation resulting in tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy in a man with quadriplegia

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 168-

  Dhakal, Pramesh ^a   Liu, Kan ^a   Kozman, Hani ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; AKINESIA; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDUCED HYPOTENSION; LETTER; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL STRESS; QUADRIPLEGIA; SIDE EFFECT; SPINE FRACTURE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 79551677792     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/mcp.2010.0786     Document Type: Letter

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