Spontaneous coronary artery dissection triggered post-ischemic myocardial stunning and takotsubo syndrome: Two different names for the same condition

Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 109-112

  Y Hassan, Shams ^a   Henareh, Loghman ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Broken heart; Coronary dissection; Myocardial stunning; Takotsubo

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISSECTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE; T WAVE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL STUNNING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84875061918     PISSN: 15538389     EISSN: 18780938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carrev.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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