Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: The challenging diagnosis in clinical routine

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is rapidly reversible heart failure syndrome that usually mimics the symptoms of acute myocardial infarction with the characteristic regional wall-motion abnormalities (classically with a virtual apical ballooning caused by hypokinetic or akinetic apical or midventricular my...

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Published in:	Medicina
Main Authors:	Eglė Kazakauskaitė, Antanas Jankauskas, Tomas Lapinskas, Rasa Ordienė, Eglė Ereminienė
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2014-01-01
Subjects:	Takotsubo cardiomyopathy Apical ballooning Excess of catecholamines
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1010660X1400010X