Combined exogenous and endogenous catecholamine release associated with Tako-Tsubo like syndrome in a patient with atrio-ventricular block undergoing pace-maker implantation

Acute Cardiac Care

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 112-114

  Brunetti, Natale Daniele ^a   Ieva, Riccardo ^a   Correale, Michele ^a   De Gennaro, Luisa ^a   Pellegrino, Pier Luigi ^a   Dioguardi, Ezio ^a   D'arienzo, Girolamo ^a   Ziccardi, Luigi ^a   Di Biase, Matteo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

catecholamine; pace maker implantation; Tako Tsubo syndrome

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SENSITIZER; LEVOSIMENDAN; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; ORCIPRENALINE; TROPONIN I;

AGED; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERKINETIC HEART SYNDROME; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-2 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; AGED; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CATECHOLAMINES; DIURETICS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRAZONES; METAPROTERENOL; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PYRIDAZINES; SYSTOLE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 79958039841     PISSN: 17482941     EISSN: 1748295X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482941.2011.553236     Document Type: Article

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