'Broken Heart' syndrome in Scotland: A case of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a recently widowed lady

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mukherjee, A ^a   Sunkel Laing B ^a   Dewhurst, N ^b  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Myocardial infarction; Stress cardiomyopathy; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

METOPROLOL; RAMIPRIL; TROPONIN T;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; NAUSEA; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SWEATING; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM; WIDOW;

EID: 84878403852     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0036933012474605     Document Type: Article

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