Impact of earthquakes on Takotsubo cardiomyopathy [3]

JAMA

Volumn 294, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 305-307

  Watanabe, Hiroshi ^a   Kodama, Makoto ^a   Okura, Yuji ^a   Aizawa, Yoshifusa ^a   Tanabe, Naohito ^a   Chinushi, Masaomi ^a   Nakamura, Yuichi ^b   Nagai, Tsuneo ^c   Sato, Masahito ^d   Okabe, Masaaki ^d  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Nagaoka Chuo General Hospital   (Japan)

^c NAGAOKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Tachikawa General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHQUAKE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SUDDEN DEATH; DISASTER; HEART INFARCTION; JAPAN; MENTAL STRESS;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DEATH, SUDDEN; HUMANS; JAPAN; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NATURAL DISASTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 22244445518     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.294.3.305     Document Type: Letter

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