J wave and fragmented QRS formation during the hyperacute phase in takotsubo cardiomyopathy-possible markers for severity of myocardial damage

Circulation Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 943-949

  Shimizu, Masato ^a   Nishizaki, Mitsuhiro ^a   Yamawake, Noriyoshi ^a   Fujii, Hiroyuki ^a   Sakurada, Harumizu ^b   Isobe, Mitsuaki ^c   Hiraoka, Masayasu ^c  

^a Yokohama Minami Kyosai Hospital   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Medical Treatment Corporation   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hyperacute fragmented QRS; Hyperacute j wave; Myocardial damage; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; IODOFILTIC ACID I 123;

AGED; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GATED SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; QRS COMPLEX; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESUSCITATION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STROKE VOLUME; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 84897865778     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-13-1296     Document Type: Article

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