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Emotional stress and tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy: observations on 2 distinct clinical phenotypes.
Journal of investigative medicine : the official publication of the American Federation for Clinical Research - 1 Feb 2010
Yaqub Yasir, Jenkins Leigh A, Suarez Jose, Sutthiwan Piraon, Phy Michael, Nugent Kenneth M, Kumar Ashwani
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BACKGROUND: Tako-tsubo syndrome is a transient cardiomyopathy usually precipitated by an acute emotional or physiological stress. Our study objectives were to review and analyze the impact of emotional stress on clinical variables, echocardiographic characteristics, and short-term outcomes in pat...
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