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Broken heart syndrome triggered by an obstructive goiter not associated with thyrotoxicosis.
Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie - 1 Aug 2013
Hatzakorzian Roupen, Bui Helen, Schricker Thomas, Backman Steven B
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PURPOSE: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) is described as transient ventricular dysfunction following emotional or physical trauma. A few reports have described patients with TC in association with various circumstances of thyrotoxicosis. We report an unusual case of TC in a patient with a large retrosternal goiter and normal thyroid function. We speculate that TC was triggered by compromise of tracheal flow induced...
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