Differences in negative T waves between takotsubo cardiomyopathy and reperfused anterior acute myocardial infarction

Circulation Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 462-468

  Kosuge, Masami ^a   Ebina, Toshiaki ^a   Hibi, Kiyoshi ^a   Iwahashi, Noriaki ^a   Tsukahara, Kengo ^a   Endo, Mitsuaki ^a   Maejima, Nobuhiko ^a   Nagashima, Zenko ^a   Suzuki, Hiroyuki ^a   Morita, Satoshi ^a   Umemura, Satoshi ^a   Kimura, Kazuo ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Electrocardiogram; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; Q WAVE; QT INTERVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RR INTERVAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE; T WAVE AMPLITUDE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR WALL MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STROKE VOLUME; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 84863393121     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-11-1036     Document Type: Article

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