Why not just call it tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy: A discussion of nomenclature

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 57, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1496-1497

  Sharkey, Scott W ^b   Lesser, John R ^b   Maron, Martin S ^b   Maron, Barry J ^a  

^a MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LETTER; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN;

HUMANS; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 79952907429     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.11.029     Document Type: Letter

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