Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest caused by transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Raddino, Riccardo ^a   Pedrinazzi, Claudio ^a   Zanini, Gregoriana ^a   Robba, Debora ^a   Portera, Cinzia ^a   Bonadei, Ivano ^a   Vizzardi, Enrico ^a   Dei Cas, Livio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardiac arrest; Left ventricular apical ballooning; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATENOLOL; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; APICAL BALLOONING SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ADULT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 46149103648     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.05.067     Document Type: Article

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