No myocardial vulnerability to mental stress in Takotsubo stress cardiomyopathy.

OBJECTIVES: Due to the frequent use of coronary angiography the awareness of Takotsubo stress cardiomyopathy (TSC) has increased although the exact pathophysiology of TSC is still largely unknown. Our objective was to investigate the effects of mental stress on myocardial function, heart rate variab...

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Main Authors: Olov Collste, Per Tornvall, Örjan Sundin, Mahbubul Alam, Mats Frick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3973547?pdf=render