Is takotsubo syndrome one of the causes of sudden cardiac death?

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 793-794

  Madias, John E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

electrocardiogram; sudden cardiac death; Takotsubo syndrome; torsades de pointes; ventricular fibrillation; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; DOBUTAMINE; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGING; ANTICIPATION; AUTOPSY; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ECG ABNORMALITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART EDEMA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; MENTAL STRESS; NOTE; SINUS RHYTHM; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; TAKOTSUBO SYNDROME; TORSADES DE POINTES; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

CAUSALITY; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 84879618753     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pace.12127     Document Type: Note

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