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Aborted Sudden Cardiac Death in a Female Patient Presenting with Takotsubo-Like Cardiomyopathy due to Epicardial Coronary Vasospasm

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is characterized by apical ballooning of the left ventricle (LV) in the absence of relevant coronary artery stenosis, which typically occurs in elderly women after emotional stress. Catecholamine cardiotoxicity, metabolic disturbance, and coronary microvascular impairment ha...

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Autores principales: Giusca, Sorin, Eisele, Tom, Nunninger, Peter, Münz, Benedikt, Korosoglou, Grigorios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5376424/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28409033
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7875240