Does the heart have a mind of its own? Prevent adverse outcome from Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Heart

Volumn 100, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 1816-

  Liu, Kan ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 84900896962     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2014-306157     Document Type: Letter

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