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Apical ballooning syndrome complicated by acute severe mitral regurgitation with left ventricular outflow obstruction – Case report

BACKGROUND: Apical ballooning syndrome (or Takotsubo cardiomyopathy) is a syndrome of transient left ventricular apical ballooning. Although first described in Japanese patients, it is now well reported in the Caucasian population. The syndrome mimicks an acute myocardial infarction but is character...

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Autores principales: Chandrasegaram, Manju D, Celermajer, David S, Wilson, Michael K
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1804269/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17313686
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-2-14