Cardiac β1-adrenoceptor expression in two stress-induced cardiomyopathy-related deaths

Forensic Science International

Volumn 207, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages

  D'Errico, Stefano ^a   Neri, Margherita ^a   Nieddu, Antonio ^b   Mazzeo, Elena ^b   Riezzo, Irene ^a   Turillazzi, Emanuela ^a   Fineschi, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catecholamine cardiac toxicity; Emotional stress related death; Stress induced cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; CREATINE KINASE; NORADRENALIN; TROPONIN I;

ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLAPSE; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; R WAVE; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN; URINALYSIS;

EID: 79953037634     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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