Takotsubo cardiomyopathy following lightning strike

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 460-461

  Dundon, Benjamin K ^a   Puri, R ^a   Leong, D P ^a   Worthley, M I ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTRIC INJURY; ENZYME RELEASE; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEART ARREST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART RUPTURE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTNING INJURIES; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 47349098488     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.048876     Document Type: Article

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