Takotsubo cardiomyopathy - a clinical review

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Rivera, Ana María Castillo ^a   Ruiz Bailén, Manuel ^a   Aguilar, Luis Rucabado ^a  

^a Jaen Hospital Complex   (Spain)

Author keywords

Left ventricular ballooning syndrome; Myocardial disfunction; Stress cardiomyopathy; Takotsubo

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CREATINE KINASE MB; ESTRADIOL; INOTROPIC AGENT; IODOFILTIC ACID I 123; LEVOSIMENDAN; PHENYLEPHRINE; RANOLAZINE; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYALGIA; PERICARDITIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRECORDIAL PAIN; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QT INTERVAL; ST SEGMENT; SYNCOPE; T WAVE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 79958736367     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/msm.881800     Document Type: Article

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