A case of takotsubo-shaped hypokinesis of the left ventricle caused by a lightning strike

International Heart Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 933-938

  Hayashi, Motonori ^a   Yamada, Hiroyoshi ^a   Agatsuma, Toshihiko ^a   Nomura, Hiroshi ^a   Kitahara, Osamu ^a  

^a Omachi General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catecholamine induced cardiomyopathy; Lightning; Takotsubo shaped hypokinesis

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN T; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ISOSORBIDE 5 NITRATE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; ISOSORBIDE-5-MONONITRATE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BURN; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INJURY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HELICOPTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; LIGHTNING; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; CARDIOMYOPATHY; DRUG COMBINATION; HEART INJURY; HEART VENTRICLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUNTAINEERING; PATHOLOGY;

ASPIRIN; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEART INJURIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPOKINESIA; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; LIGHTNING INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; MOUNTAINEERING;

EID: 33644877134     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: 13493299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.46.933     Document Type: Article

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