Emotional stress-induced takotsubo cardiomyopathy, acute heart failure, and atrial fibrillation in the same patient
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is characterized by transient systolic dysfunction of apical and central parts of the left ventricle in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease. Usually, it is triggered by intense emotional or physical stress. The prognosis tends to be good. Rare complications in...
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Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2019-01-01
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Series: | Heart and Mind |
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Online Access: | http://www.heartmindjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2468-6476;year=2019;volume=3;issue=2;spage=70;epage=72;aulast=Ivanovic |