Hyper-acute precipitating mechanism of Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy: In the beginning was basal hyperkinesis?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Ieva, Riccardo ^a   Santoro, Francesco ^a   Ferraretti, Armando ^a   Spennati, Giovanni ^a   De Gennaro, Luisa ^a   Di Biase, Matteo ^a   Brunetti, Natale Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basal hyperkinesis; Pathophysiology; Tako Tsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

AGED; AKINESIA; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANGIOPLASTY; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; HYPOVOLEMIA; LETTER; MENTAL STRESS; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

BASAL HYPERKINESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TAKO-TSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERKINESIS; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 84880925156     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.03.138     Document Type: Article

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