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Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Triggered by the Death of Pets (Cats): Two Case Reports

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy otherwise called stress cardiomyopathy, which results in debilitating of a segment of heart muscles, is a sort of non-ischemic cardiomyopathy, set off by stress. We describe two case reports of takotsubo cardiomyopathy triggered by the significant stressful event being the d...

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Autores principales: Hanif, Muhammad, Haider, Muhammad Adnan, Xi, Qianlan, Ali, Mukarram Jamat, Khan, Muhammad Aslam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7593210/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33133855
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10690
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author Hanif, Muhammad
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description Takotsubo cardiomyopathy otherwise called stress cardiomyopathy, which results in debilitating of a segment of heart muscles, is a sort of non-ischemic cardiomyopathy, set off by stress. We describe two case reports of takotsubo cardiomyopathy triggered by the significant stressful event being the death of pet cats. The rare nature of the type of stressor and the manifestation is something to be considered by healthcare providers.
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spelling pubmed-75932102020-10-30 Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Triggered by the Death of Pets (Cats): Two Case Reports Hanif, Muhammad Haider, Muhammad Adnan Xi, Qianlan Ali, Mukarram Jamat Khan, Muhammad Aslam Cureus Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery Takotsubo cardiomyopathy otherwise called stress cardiomyopathy, which results in debilitating of a segment of heart muscles, is a sort of non-ischemic cardiomyopathy, set off by stress. We describe two case reports of takotsubo cardiomyopathy triggered by the significant stressful event being the death of pet cats. The rare nature of the type of stressor and the manifestation is something to be considered by healthcare providers. Cureus 2020-09-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7593210/ /pubmed/33133855 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10690 Text en Copyright © 2020, Hanif et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Triggered by the Death of Pets (Cats): Two Case Reports
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title_fullStr Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Triggered by the Death of Pets (Cats): Two Case Reports
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