Too many cooks spoil the broth: The currently existing diagnostic criteria for Takotsubo syndrome

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 568-570

  Y Hassan, Shams ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Broken heart; Myocarditis; Neurogenic stunned myocardium; Takotsubo

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISSECTION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR WALL MOTION ABNORMALITY; LETTER; MYOCARDITIS; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; STANDARDS;

DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HUMANS; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 84899584151     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.03.119     Document Type: Article

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