Acute appendicitis as an unexpected cause of inverted takotsubo cardiomyopathy
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC), also known as transient left ventricular ballooning syndrome, is a stress-induced-cardiomyopathy. It is precipitated by emotional or physical stress and is characterized by normal coronary arteries and transient regional wall motion abnormalities. Variants of TTC incl...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2018-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock |
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Online Access: | http://www.onlinejets.org/article.asp?issn=0974-2700;year=2018;volume=11;issue=2;spage=143;epage=145;aulast= |