Recurrence of stress cardiomyopathy after an earthquake. Report of one case;Recurrencia de miocardiopatía por estrés posterior a terremoto en Chile. Reporte de un caso clínico

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-83

  Cecilia Varela, U ^a,c   Ricardo Bohn, R ^a,c   Paola Varleta, O ^b   Roberto Concepcion C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

^b HOSPITAL DIPRECA   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathies; Left; Psychological; Stress; Ventricular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

AGED; CHILE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RECURRENCE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 79955567986     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: 07176163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0034-98872011000100011     Document Type: Article

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