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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in pregnancy: a case report and literature review

BACKGROUND: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is rare in pregnancy and is characterized by left ventricular dysfunction with apical ballooning. This transient cardiac dysfunction may affect women of childbearing age in the antepartum, intrapartum or postpartum period. Most patients respond well to medical ma...

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Autores principales: Oindi, Felix Mwembi, Sequeira, Evan, Sequeira, Herman Ryan, Mutiso, Steve Kyende
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6416971/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30866848
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-019-2233-7