Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and QT interval prolongation: who are the patients at risk for torsades de pointes?

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Samuelov Kinori, Liat ^a   Kinori, Michael ^a   Kogan, Yevgeni ^a   Swartzon, Michael ^b   Shalev, Hadas ^b   Guy, Daniel ^b   Ferenidou, Fotini ^c   Mashav, Noa ^b   Sadeh, Ben ^b   Atzmony, Lihi ^b   Kliuk Ben Basat, Orit ^a   Steinvil, Arie ^a   Justo, Dan ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

QT prolongation; Takotsubo; Torsade de pointes

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; RISK FACTOR; SINUS RHYTHM; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TORSADE DES POINTES;

EID: 67349117732     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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