Sudden cardiac death: An increasingly recognized presentation of apical ballooning syndrome (Takotsubo cardiomyopathy)

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 270-272

  Liang, Jackson J ^a   Cha, Yong Mei ^a   Oh, Jae K ^a   Prasad, Abhiram ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Apical ballooning syndrome; Stress cardiomyopathy; Sudden cardiac death; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN INJURY; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MYOCLONUS; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; RESUSCITATION; SEIZURE; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WARMING;

APICAL BALLOONING SYNDROME; STRESS CARDIOMYOPATHY; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 84880041362     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: 15273288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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