Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy complicated by recurrent torsade de pointes in a patient with anorexia nervosa

Internal Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1133-1137

  Rotondi, Francesco ^a   Manganelli, Fiore ^a   Lanzillo, Tonino ^a   Candelmo, Fiore ^a   Lorenzo, Emilio Di ^a   Marino, Luciano ^a   Stanco, Giovanni ^a  

^a S G MOSCATI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Apical ballooning syndrome; Long QT syndrome; QT dispersion; Tako tsubo cardiomyopathy; Torsade de pointes

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; HEPARIN; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNE1; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNE2; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNH2; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.5; TROPONIN I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSKINESIA; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OXYGEN SATURATION; PACEMAKER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QT DISPERSION; QT INTERVAL; SYNCOPE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 77953999745     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.49.3276     Document Type: Article

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