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Subsegmental pulmonary embolus as a precipitating factor for takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Known commonly as “broken heart syndrome,” takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a poorly understood heart condition that results in acute decompensation of cardiac function. We report a case of a 68-year-old female who developed acute shortness of breath status after chemotherapy and radiation treatment for...

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Autores principales: Yu, Victor Y., Leitman, David A., Graybeal, Troy B., Cox, Christian W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4900057/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27307916
http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v6i3.531