Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy after radiofrequency ablation of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 92-94

  Latacha, Matthew P ^a   Makan, Majesh ^a   Barry, Michael O ^a   Smith, Timothy W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia; Electrophysiologic study; Left ventricular dysfunction; Radiofrequency ablation; Tako Tsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; T WAVE INVERSION; TAKO TSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 33845802191     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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