WCD LifeVest: Risk stratification in a case of tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy with QT interval prolongation

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Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 219-221

  Peters, S ^a   Klein, H U ^b  

^a St Antonius Hospital Gronau GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

QT prolongation; Tako tsubo cardiomyopathy; Torsades de pointes tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FLUOXETINE; MAGNESIUM; METOPROLOL; RAMIPRIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE FLUTTER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PROGNOSIS; QT PROLONGATION; RESUSCITATION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SINUS RHYTHM; SYNCOPE; T WAVE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TORSADE DES POINTES;

DEFIBRILLATORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863106935     PISSN: 03409937     EISSN: 16156692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00059-011-3440-9     Document Type: Article

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