Acute myocarditis morphologically mimicking reverse takotsubo cardiomyopathy

We report a case of acute myocarditis in a middle aged woman in which the left ventricle morphologically mimics reverse takotsubo cardiomyopathy. The two conditions typically mimic acute coronary syndrome and have to be differentiated early. Our case emphasizes the importance of multimodal cardiac e...

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Main Authors: Sherief Sulaiman, Gopalan Nair Rajesh, Haridasan Vellani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:IHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468600X16300548