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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in siblings.
Heart and vessels - 1 Jan 2014
Ikutomi Masayasu, Yamasaki Masao, Matsusita Masashiro, Watari Yuji, Arashi Hiroyuki, Endo Goro, Yamaguchi Jun-ichi, Ohnishi Satoshi
Abstract excerpt
We report the case of apical ballooning syndrome (ABS) in a female sibling. A 64-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with sudden-onset chest pain. Cardiac enzymes were mildly elevated and an electrocardiogram showed broad ST-T changes. Emergency coronary angiography revealed no culprit lesion and left ventriculography demonstrated focal akinesis of the apical wall, which was consistent with ABS....
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