Rare and atypical forms of Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy diagnosed by contrast-echocardiography during subarachnoid haemorrhage: Confirming the appropriateness of the new Tako-Tsubo classification

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 115-117

  Gaibazzi, N ^a   Vezzani, A ^a   Concari, P ^a   Malchiodi, L ^a   Reverberi, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast echocardiography; Subarachnoid haemorrhage; Tako Tsubo

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 79955932600     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.01.054     Document Type: Article

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