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Apical ballooning with mid-ventricular obstruction: the many faces of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is a transient left ventricular dysfunction due to akinesia of the left-ventricular (LV) mid-apical segments (apical ballooning), which can cause severe reduction in LV systolic function. The typical clinical picture of TTC include chest pain, electrocardiographic chan...

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Autores principales: Spadotto, Veronica, Elmaghawry, Mohamed, Zorzi, Alessandro, Migliore, Federico, Marra, Martina Perazzolo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3963740/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24689016
http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/gcsp.2013.22