Open AccessRole of Echocardiography in Tako-Tsubo Cardiomyopathy
Author(s) -
John D. Horowitz,
Thanh H. Nguyen
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2013.09.021
Subject(s) - cardiology , medicine , cardiomyopathy , heart failure
Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is characterized by the acute onset of segmental systolic dysfunction of regions of the left (and sometimes the right) ventricle, associated with various degrees of chest discomfort and/or dyspnea [(1)][1]. Differentiating TTC from acute myocardial infarction may
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