Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis accompanying elevated catecholamines occurring as a complication of takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 240-241

  Suzuki, Yutaka ^a   Oishi, Minoru ^a   Kanno, Akira ^a   Ogawa, Katsuhiko ^a   Fujisawa, Mariko ^a   Kamei, Satoshi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR ALPHA; CATECHOLAMINE; CREATINE KINASE; DOPAMINE; FUROSEMIDE; NORADRENALIN;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AUSCULTATION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DEATH; DOPAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DYSPHAGIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CATECHOLAMINES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 84871950608     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2012.00943.x     Document Type: Letter

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