It's a trap! Clinical similarities and subtle ECG differences between takotsubo cardiomyopathy and myocardial infarction

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1909-1913

  Vivo, Rey P ^a   Krim, Selim R ^a   Hodgson, John ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apical ballooning; Electrocardiogram; Myocardial infarction; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; TROPONIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QT PROLONGATION; SMOKING; T WAVE; T WAVE INVERSION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 56749180792     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0768-9     Document Type: Article

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