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No association of G-protein-coupled receptor kinase 5 or β-adrenergic receptor polymorphisms with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a large Australian cohort.
European journal of heart failure - 1 Jul 2013
Figtree Gemma A, Bagnall Richard D, Abdulla Irfan, Buchholz Stefan, Galougahi Keyvan Karimi, Yan Warren, Tan Timothy, Neil Chris, Horowitz John D, Semsarian Chris, Ward Michael R
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AIMS: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) is an increasingly recognized syndrome in which patients present with chest pain and ST changes, and are observed to have reversible LV apical ballooning in the absence of angiographically significant coronary artery stenosis. Although the pathophysiology remains unclear, the syndrome occurs almost exclusively in women, and is often triggered by stress. Recent small studies...
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