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ArticleCase reports in cardiology2020

Complete Heart Block Complicating Takotsubo Syndrome: Case Report and Literature Review.

Michael J McGee, William Yu, Joshua McCarthy, Malcolm Barlow, Rosemary Hackworthy

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Article in Case reports in cardiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in India and its electrocardiography (ECG) comparison to myocardial infarction.The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology · 2024
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  7. Takotsubo Syndrome and Complete Heart Block: A Diagnostic and Management Conundrum.Journal of investigative medicine high impact case reports
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Michael J McGeeSchool of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9713-0826
William YuCardiovascular Department, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
Joshua McCarthyCardiovascular Department, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
Malcolm BarlowCardiovascular Department, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
Rosemary HackworthyCardiovascular Department, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An 81-year-old woman presents with shortness of breath resulting in a diagnosis of picornavirus and complete heart block. Troponin was elevated and there was concern about acute coronary syndrome. The final diagnosis after echocardiogram and coronary angiogram was Takotsubo syndrome in addition to the heart block which required pacemaker insertion.

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PMID32923000
PMCPMC7453273

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