Tako-Tsubo-like cardiomyopathy: Specific ECG findings, characterization and clinical findings in a European single center

Cardiology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-48

  Von Korn, Hubertus ^a   Yu, Jiangtao ^c   Lotze, Ulrich ^b   Ohlow, Marc Alexander ^c   Huegl, Burkhard ^c   Schulte, Walter ^c   Haberl, Kai ^c   Wagner, Andreas ^c   Gruene, Stefan ^a   Lauer, Bernward ^c  

^a Krankenhaus Hetzelstift   (Germany)

^b Krankenhaus Waltershausen Friedrichroda GmbH   (Germany)

^c Zentralklinik Bad Berka ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Cardiac catheterization; Non ST ST elevation MCI; ST segment depression; ST segment elevation; Tako Tsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; TROPONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN DEATH; T WAVE; T WAVE INVERSION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 57149084869     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000137698     Document Type: Article

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