Transient right ventricular dysfunction consequent to acute pulmonary embolism as a pathophysiological model of Takotsubo syndrome.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States; Division of Cardiology, Elmhurst Hospital Center, Elmhurst, NY, United States. Electronic address: madiasj@nychhc.org.
John E
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Madias
D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D051381:Rats; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*
Acute pulmonary embolism; Animal disease models; Echocardiography; Pathophysiology of Takotsubo syndrome; Regional myocardial wall motion abnormalities; Right ventricular dysfunction