Broken heart syndrome, neurogenic stunned myocardium and stroke

Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 265-275

  Dande, Amit S ^a   Pandit, Amrita S ^b  

^a JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DANBURY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Apical ballooning syndrome; Broken heart syndrome; Neurocardiogenic injury; Neurogenic stress cardiomyopathy; Neurogenic stunned myocardium; Stress cardiomyopathy; Stroke; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Takotsubo

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 123; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; AMMONIA N 13; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; IODOFILTIC ACID I 123; LEVOSIMENDAN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PHENTOLAMINE; PLACEBO; PROPRANOLOL; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; THALLIUM 201; WARFARIN;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ECG ABNORMALITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART OUTPUT; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAAORTIC BALLOON PUMP; LUNG EDEMA; MENTAL STRESS; MICROANGIOPATHY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NEUROGENIC STUNNED MYOCARDIUM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOCK; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 84877789178     PISSN: 10928464     EISSN: 15343189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11936-013-0235-8     Document Type: Article

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