Cardiovascular Pharmacology: Open Access

Yan Zhang

Publications

• Research Article
  Stress Cardiomyopathy was Prone to Occur in Patients with Chronic Diseases: Maybe a Good Thing
  Author(s): Jing-Min Chong, Hong-Jian Hou, Yan Zhang, Xian-Cun Cao, Lu Fu, Yi-ting Han, Li-li Sang, Sian E Harding, Xiu-Hua Pan and Hong Sun Jing-Min Chong, Hong-Jian Hou, Yan Zhang, Xian-Cun Cao, Lu Fu, Yi-ting Han, Li-li Sang, Sian E Harding, Xiu-Hua Pan and Hong Sun
  
  Background Stress Cardiomyopathy (SCM) is an increasingly reported disease as a syndrome of acute, severe, but reversible, which is commonly triggered by an acute strong physical or emotional stress. But little is known whether chronic diseases may contribute to the occurrence of SCM. Method：The case reports about SCM from January 1998 to May 2014 were searched in the PubMed using the Medical Subject Headings: “tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy” or “stress cardiomyopathy” or ‘‘ampulla syndrome’’ or ‘‘apical ballooning syndrome’’ or ‘‘broken heart syndrome’’. The publications were excluded which didn’t meet the inclusion criteria. SCM patients with and without chronic diseases were CD group and NCD group, respectively. The CD group was further classified into nine subgroups .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-6607.1000174

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