Stress-induced cardiomyopathy: A syndrome of the susceptible patient?

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 271-273

  Friedrich, Matthias G ^a,b,c   Cocker, Myra S ^d  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

cardiac dysfunction; cardiovascular MR imaging; catecholamines; inflammation; myocardial edema; stress

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; STRESS; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 84858265771     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erc.12.9     Document Type: Editorial

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