A rare case of concomitant stress (takotsubo) cardiomyopathy and acute myocardial infarction

Stress cardiomyopathy and myocardial infarction are generally regarded as mutually exclusive diagnoses. We report the case of a 54-year-old woman who presented with acute chest pain. Her echocardiogram and ventriculography were typical of stress cardiomyopathy, but she had one subocclusive coronary...

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Main Authors: Miguel Nobre Menezes, Doroteia Silva, Ana G. Almeida, Fausto J. Pinto, Dulce Brito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-07-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2174204915001506