Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Presenting as Wellens’ Syndrome
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as apical ballooning syndrome and stress cardiomyopathy, is a transient systolic and diastolic left ventricular dysfunction with a variety of cardiac wall-motion abnormalities that is increasingly being associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Wellens...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2017-05-01
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Series: | Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine |
Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/73f7d6n5 |