Les liaisons dangereuses: Tako-Tsubo syndrome after an adulterous intercourse in an elderly male

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Brunetti, Natale Daniele ^a   De Gennaro, Luisa ^a   Correale, Michele ^a   Pellegrino, Pier Luigi ^a   Cuculo, Andrea ^a   Di Biase, Matteo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly male; Emotional distress; Tako Tsubo syndrome

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSKINESIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 79958149421     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.05.059     Document Type: Article

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