Frequency and significance of myocardial bridging and recurrent segment of the left anterior descending coronary artery in patients with takotsubo cardiomyopathy

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1204-1209

  Stiermaier, Thomas ^a   Desch, Steffen ^b   Blazek, Stephan ^a   Schuler, Gerhard ^a   Thiele, Holger ^b   Eitel, Ingo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 84921716337     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2014.07.040     Document Type: Article

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