Electroconvulsive therapy in a 72-year-old woman with a history of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: a case report and review of the literature

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 238-240

  Satterthwaite, Theodore D ^a   Cristancho, Mario A ^a   Alici, Yesne ^a,b   Weiss, David ^a   O'Reardon, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Central Regional Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABETALOL; LORAZEPAM; METHOHEXITAL; METOPROLOL; REMIFENTANIL; SUXAMETHONIUM; TROPONIN;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHORIA; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

AGED; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349798402     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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