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Extended negative T waves are often found in patients with acute myocardial infarction, Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, pericarditis, and apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, however, differentiating these diseases are still challenging. Negative T wave locations provide the critical clue for differentiating these diseases and 18-lead electrocardiogram provides the additional clue.

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Negative T wave locations provide the critical clue for differentiating these diseases and 18-lead electrocardiogram provides the additional clue.

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Eigheteen-lead electrocardiogram provides the additional clue about the diagnosis of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.

Tetsuo Minamino

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This page is a summary of: A 69-year-old woman with extended negative T wave, Emergency Medicine Journal, November 2019, BMJ,
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2019-208715.
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