Diagnosis of takotsubo cardiomyopathy – Mayo Clinic criteria –

Circulation Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2129-2139

  Scantlebury, Dawn C ^a   Prasad, Abhiram ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apical ballooning syndrome; Diagnostic criteria; Myocardial infarction; Myocarditis; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CATECHOLAMINE; GADOLINIUM; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYMPTOM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAYO CLINIC CRITERIA; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84906819206     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-14-0859     Document Type: Article

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