Simultaneous Takotsubo syndrome in two sisters

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Musumeci, B ^a   Saponaro, A ^a   Pagannone, E ^a   Proietti, G ^a   Mastromarino, V ^a   Conti, E ^a   Tubaro, M ^b   Volpe, M ^a   Autore, C ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b San Filippo Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Familial; Takotsubo syndrome

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AGED; AKINESIA; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKINESIA; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; LETTER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPOLARIZATION; ST SEGMENT; T WAVE INVERSION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ECG ABNORMALITY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; MIDDLE AGED; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 84877063132     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.11.016     Document Type: Article

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