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Diagnostic uncertainty of Takotusbo cardiomyopathy in a woman with cardiovascular risk factors hijacked at gunpoint: a case report

BACKGROUND: Left ventricular apical ballooning (LVAB) is a type of cardiomyopathy precipitated by emotional or physiological stress, which results in transient left ventricular dysfunction and electrocardiographic (ECG) changes with relatively normal coronary arteries. CASE PRESENTATION: We present...

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Autores principales: Akinwande, Olagoke, Hamirani, Yasmin, Chopra, Ashok
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2438319/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18577261
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-8