Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: Not always innocent or predictable: A unique post mortem insight

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Elsokkari, Ihab ^a   Cala, Allan ^b   Khan, Sayek ^a   Hill, Andrew ^a  

^a GOSFORD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Newcastle Department of Forensic Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac rupture; Myocarditis; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; RETEPLASE; THYROXINE; TROPONIN I;

AGED; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CRYOPRECIPITATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MEDICAL HISTORY; MICROSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 84879098356     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.03.090     Document Type: Article

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