Standard and advanced echocardiography in takotsubo (stress) cardiomyopathy: Clinical and prognostic implications

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 57-74

  Citro, Rodolfo ^a   Lyon, Alexander R ^b   Meimoun, Patrick ^c   Omerovic, Elmir ^d   Redfors, Bjorn ^d   Buck, Thomas ^e   Lerakis, Stamatios ^f   Parodi, Guido ^g   Silverio, Angelo ^a   Eitel, Ingo ^h   Schneider, Birke ⁱ   Prasad, Abhiram ^j   Bossone, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO E RUGGI D ARAGONA   (Italy)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus   (France)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e Klinikum Westfalen   (Germany)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h University Heart Center Luebeck   (Germany)

ⁱ Sana Kliniken GmbH and Co KGaA   (Germany)

^j ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Apical ballooning syndrome; Echocardiography; Heart failure; Stress cardiomyopathy; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ALGORITHM; CARDIAC IMAGING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; COUNTERPULSATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MICROCIRCULATION; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; STANDARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PROGNOSIS; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84927642460     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2014.08.020     Document Type: Review

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