Myocardial bridging, apical ballooning syndrome and myocardial stunning: Shall we connect the dots?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 3109-3111

  Migliore, Federico ^a   Perazzolo Marra, Martina ^a   Zorzi, Alessandro ^a   Cademartiri, Filippo ^b   Corrado, Domenico ^a   Iliceto, Sabino ^a   Tarantini, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Giovanni XXIII Clinic   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apical ballooning syndrome; Cardiac magnetic resonance; Myocardial bridging; Stunned myocardium; Tako Tsubo syndrome

Indexed keywords

GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY; CARDIAC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; ECG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEART EDEMA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LETTER; MALE; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; MYOCARDIAL EDEMA; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

APICAL BALLOONING SYNDROME; CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; STUNNED MYOCARDIUM; TAKO-TSUBO SYNDROME;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; MYOCARDIAL STUNNING; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 84885591241     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.04.070     Document Type: Article

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