Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: A novel "proarrhythmic" disease

Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 101-103

  Nault, Michael A ^a   Baranchuk, Adrian ^a   Simpson, Christopher S ^a   Redfearn, Damian P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BICARBONATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEFIBRILLATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PROARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TORSADE DES POINTES;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34447104630     PISSN: 13028723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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