Stress from myasthenic crisis triggers Takotsubo (broken heart) syndrome

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 203, Issue , 2016, Pages 616-617

  Finsterer, Josef ^a   Stöllberger, Claudia ^a  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Complication; Heart failure; Myasthenia; Myasthenic crisis; Neuromuscular transmission; Takotsubo

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DISOPYRAMIDE; DIURETIC AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LIDOCAINE; MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL; NEOSTIGMINE; NORADRENALIN; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; TACROLIMUS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MYASTHENIA; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYASTHENIC CRISIS; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; PACEMAKER; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; ADULT; AGED; COMPLICATION; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRECIPITATING FACTORS; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 84952682953     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.11.005     Document Type: Article

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