Myocardial edema as a substrate of electrocardiographic abnormalities and life-threatening arrhythmias in reversible ventricular dysfunction of takotsubo cardiomyopathy: Imaging evidence, presumed mechanisms, and implications for therapy

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1867-1877

  Migliore, Federico ^a   Zorzi, Alessandro ^a   Perazzolo Marra, Martina ^a   Iliceto, Sabino ^a   Corrado, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apical ballooning; Cardiac magnetic resonance; Myocardial edema; Stress cardiomyopathy; T wave

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIAC IMAGING; ECG ABNORMALITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART EDEMA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC MUSCLE; COMPLICATION; EDEMA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; EDEMA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIUM; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 84937520609     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.04.041     Document Type: Article

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