Recurrent long QT syndrome and syncope in transient apical ballooning syndrome (takotsubo cardiomyopathy)

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 917-919

  Elkhateeb, Osama E ^a   Beydoun, Hussein K ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Myocardial infarction; Myocardial stunning; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy; Torsade de pointes; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMLODIPINE; ATORVASTATIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ESCITALOPRAM; HEPARIN; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; HYDROMORPHONE; METOPROLOL; RAMIPRIL; ROSUVASTATIN; TRIAZOLAM; TROPONIN I; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MYOCARDITIS; QT INTERVAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYNCOPE; T WAVE INVERSION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; CHEST PAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNCOPE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58249084945     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(08)70700-1     Document Type: Letter

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