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Syncope in a hypertrophic heart at a wedding party: can happiness break a thick heart? Takotsubo cardiomyopathy complicated with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in a hypertrophic heart

A 70-year-old woman with known history of hypertension presented because of a syncopal episode during dinner at a wedding party, followed by chest pain. On physical examination a systolic murmur was noted, and her electrocardiogram showed ST segment elevation in anterior leads. She had elevated trop...

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Autores principales: Orphanou, Nicoletta, Eftychiou, Christos, Papasavvas, Elias, Ioannides, Marios, Avraamides, Panayiotis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7323591/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32626581
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omaa036