Documentation of dynamic electrocardiographic changes shortly after the onset of tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 258-260

  Kurisu, Satoshi ^a   Inoue, Ichiro ^a   Kawagoe, Takuji ^a   Ishihara, Masaharu ^a   Shimatani, Yuji ^a   Hata, Takaki ^a   Nakama, Yasuharu ^a   Kijima, Yasufumi ^a   Kagawa, Eisuke ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrocardiogram; ST segment; Tako tsubo

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TAKO TSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS;

EID: 34249311556     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.07.141     Document Type: Article

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