Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy complicating left atrial radiofrequency ablation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 667-671

  Derntl, Michael ^a   Woo, Gregory W ^b   Gwechenberger, Marianne ^a   Mundigler, Gerald ^a   Marx, Manfred ^a   Richter, Bernhard ^a   Gössinger, Heinz D ^a   Gonzalez, Mario D ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial arrhythmias; Atrial fibrillation; Autonomic nervous system; Heart rate; Three dimensional mapping

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; PHENPROCOUMON;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC GANGLION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYMPATHETIC TONE; T WAVE INVERSION; TAKO TSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34249111823     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.00765.x     Document Type: Article

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