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Apical Ballooning of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in a Patient with Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Due to Right Coronary Artery Stenosis: The Trapped Octopus Got a Heart Attack

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) is characterized by apical ballooning with basal preservation in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) that can otherwise explain wall motion abnormalities. However, there is increasing evidence that acute coronary syndromes (ACSs) may coexist with T...

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Autores principales: Ajam, Mustafa, Elmoghrabi, Adel, Ashraf, Said, Yassin, Ahmed, Shokr, Mohamed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6559383/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31245203
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4415