Gender-Related Differences in Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

Heart Failure Clinics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 137-146

  Schneider, Birke ^a   Athanasiadis, Anastasios ^b   Sechtem, Udo ^b  

^a Sana Kliniken GmbH and Co KGaA   (Germany)

^b ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apical ballooning syndrome; Cardiogenic shock; Electrocardiogram; Emotional stress; Gender related difference; Physical stress; Resuscitation; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY EMBOLISM; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAINTNESS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG EDEMA; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL STRESS; PLEURA EFFUSION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 84876696353     PISSN: 15517136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hfc.2012.12.005     Document Type: Review

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