Acute Myocardial Infarction and Stress Cardiomyopathy following the Christchurch Earthquakes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Chan, Christina ^a   Elliott, John ^a   Troughton, Richard ^a   Frampton, Christopher ^b   Smyth, David ^a   Crozier, Ian ^a   Bridgman, Paul ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NONCARDIAC CHEST PAIN; PERICARDITIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHEST PAIN; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ADMISSION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TIME FACTORS;

ANGINA;

EID: 84879774133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068504     Document Type: Article

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