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European Journal of Heart Failure 2007 9(8):854; doi:10.1016/j.ejheart.2007.06.008
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© 2007 European Society of Cardiology

Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy

Dirk L. Brutsaert*

Middelheim Hospital, University of Antwerp Lindendreef 1, 2020, Antwerp, Belgium

* Tel.: +32 3 280 32 23; fax: +32 3 280 32 25 E-mail address: dirk.brutsaert@skynet.be.

Received May 20, 2007;
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Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy is characterized by a typically transient hypo-to-akinesis with ballooning of the apical portion of the left ventricle (LV) in the absence of major vascular impairment [1]. Compensatory hyperkinetic wall motion of the basal portion of the LV . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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