Seizure-associated takotsubo cardiomyopathy presenting with unheralded ventricular fibrillation

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Cunnington, Colin ^a   Garg, Scot ^a   Balachandran, Kanarath P ^a  

^a ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Seizure; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; BISOPROLOL; CLOPIDOGREL; FONDAPARINUX; POTASSIUM; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; COLLAPSE; CONVALESCENCE; DEFIBRILLATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RESUSCITATION; SEIZURE; T WAVE INVERSION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84870238169     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.05.118     Document Type: Article

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