Inverted Takotsubo contractile pattern caused by pheochromocytoma with tall upright T-waves, but not typical deep T-wave inversion

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Kimura, Shinpei ^a   Mitsuma, Wataru ^a   Ito, Masahiro ^a   Suzuki, Hiromi ^a   Hosaka, Yukio ^a   Hirayama, Satoshi ^a   Hanyu, Osamu ^a   Hirono, Satoru ^a   Kodama, Makoto ^a   Aizawa, Yoshifusa ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrocardiogram; Inverted Takotsubo cardiomyopathy; Pheochromocytoma; Tall upright T wave

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; METADRENALIN;

ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; AKINESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG CONGESTION; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; T WAVE INVERSION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77249118437     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.06.073     Document Type: Article

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