BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 238-240 , October 2009

Electroconvulsive therapy in a 72-year-old woman with a history of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: a case report and review of the literature

  • Theodore D. Satterthwaite, MD, MA

      Affiliations

    • ECT Service, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Dr Theodore D. Satterthwaite, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, 3535 Market St, 2nd Floor,Philadelphia, PA 19104.
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  • Mario A. Cristancho, MD

      Affiliations

    • ECT Service, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • Yesne Alici, MD

      Affiliations

    • ECT Service, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Geriatric Services Unit, Central Regional Hospital, Butner, North Carolina
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  • David Weiss, MD

      Affiliations

    • ECT Service, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • John P. O'Reardon, MD

      Affiliations

    • ECT Service, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Received 14 January 2009 ,Revised 17 February 2009 ,Accepted 24 February 2009.

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PII: S1935-861X(09)00011-4

doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2009.02.003

BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 238-240 , October 2009

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