Takotsubo triggered by acute myocardial infarction: A common but overlooked syndrome?

Journal of Geriatric Cardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 171-173

  Redfors, Björn ^a,b   Ram̊unddal, Truls ^a,b   Shao, Yangzhen ^a,b   Omerovic, Elmir ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infaction; Catecholamine; Coronary artery disease; Somatic stress; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; AKINESIA; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RUPTURE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84904461992     PISSN: 16715411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1671-5411.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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