Tako-tsubo syndrome: A new entity or new form of presentation of an old one? An electrocardiographic analysis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 281-283

  Ibanez, Borja ^a   Pinero, Antonio ^a,b   Zafar, M Urooj ^a   Navarro, Felipe ^b   Benezet Mazuecos, Juan ^b   Farre, Jeronimo ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aborted myocardial infraction; Acute myocardial infraction; Apical ballooning; Broken heart; Stress cardiomyopathy; Stunned myocardium; Tako tsubo

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; QT PROLONGATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 42949126383     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.01.113     Document Type: Article

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