Temporary third-degree atrioventricular block in a case of apical ballooning syndrome

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Nef, Holger M ^a   Möllmann, Helge ^a   Sperzel, Johannes ^a   Weber, Michael ^a   Brück, Henning ^a   Hamm, Christian W ^a   Elsässer, Albrecht ^a  

^a KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apical ballooning; Contractile dysfunction; Tako tsubo cardiomyopathy; Third degree atrioventricular block

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; APICAL BALLOONING SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEART DISEASE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; SYNDROME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33748658241     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.04.007     Document Type: Article

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