Electrocardiographic findings in takotsubo cardiomyopathy: ECG evolution and its difference from the ECG of acute coronary syndrome

Clinical Medicine Insights: Cardiology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages 29-34

  Namgung, June ^a  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PR INTERVAL; QRS COMPLEX; QT PROLONGATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE INVERSION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84896441234     PISSN: 11795468     EISSN: 11795468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/CMC.S14086     Document Type: Article

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