Distinguishing a heart attack from the "broken heart syndrome" (Takotsubo cardiomyopathy)

Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 524-529

  Nussinovitch, Udi ^a,b   Goitein, Orly ^a,b   Nussinovitch, Naomi ^a,b   Altman, Arie ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

ampulla cardiomyopathy; angina; apical ballooning; ballooning; myocardial infarction; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; TROPONIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN;

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TROPONIN;

EID: 80054956551     PISSN: 08894655     EISSN: 15505049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JCN.0b013e31820e2a90     Document Type: Review

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