Differences in ST-elevation and T-wave amplitudes do not reliably differentiate takotsubo cardiomyopathy from acute anterior myocardial infarction

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 692-699

  Parkkonen, Olavi ^a   Allonen, Jaakko ^a   Vaara, Satu ^a   Viitasalo, Matti ^a   Nieminen, Markku S ^a   Sinisalo, Juha ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Electrocardiography; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ACUTE ANTERIOR ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AKINESIA; APICAL TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYSKINESIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDVENTRICULAR TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; T WAVE; T WAVE AMPLITUDE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 84906937229     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: 15328430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2014.06.006     Document Type: Article

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