Journal of Electrocardiology
Volume 43, Issue 2 , Pages 173-176 , March 2010

The electrocardiographic paradox of tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy–comparison with acute ischemic syndromes and consideration of molecular biology and electrophysiology to understand the electrical-mechanical mismatching

  • Samuel Sclarovsky

      Affiliations

    • Tel Aviv University, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel Aviv University, Israel.
    • ,
  • Kjell Nikus

      Affiliations

    • Heart Center, Tampere University Hospital, Finland

Received 12 May 2009

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☆ The past decade has marked a transition from physiologic and functional studies of the heart toward a deeper understanding of cardiac function (and dysfunction) at the genetic and molecular level (Eric Olson. A decade of discoveries in cardiac biology. Nat Med 2004;10;467).

PII: S0022-0736(09)00327-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2009.07.015

Journal of Electrocardiology
Volume 43, Issue 2 , Pages 173-176 , March 2010

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