LAD coronary artery myocardial bridging and apical ballooning syndrome

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32-41

  Migliore, Federico ^a   Maffei, Erica ^b   Perazzolo Marra, Martina ^a   Bilato, Claudio ^a   Napodano, Massimo ^a   Corbetti, Francesco ^c   Zorzi, Alessandro ^a   Andres, Anto Luigi ^c   Sarais, Cristiano ^a   Cacciavillani, Luisa ^a   Favaretto, Enrico ^a   Martini, Chiara ^d   Seitun, Sara ^d   Cademartiri, Filippo ^b,d   Corrado, Domenico ^a   Iliceto, Sabino ^a   Tarantini, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Giovanni XXIII Clinic   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

apical ballooning syndrome; computed tomography angiography; coronary angiography; myocardial bridging; takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE INVERSION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84872302981     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2012.08.013     Document Type: Article

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