Takotsubo syndrome in African American vs. Non-African American women

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 218-223

  QaQa, Ashraf ^a   Daoko, Joseph ^a   Jallad, Nesreen ^a   Aburomeh, Omar ^b   Goldfarb, Irvin ^a   Shamoon, Fayez ^a  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ACS; Cardiomyopathy; Heart Failure; Takotsubo Syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961238540     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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