Variant form of the acute apical ballooning syndrome (takotsubo cardiomyopathy): observations on a novel entity
- 10 October 2005
- Vol. 92 (3) , 392-394
- https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.2005.061044
Abstract
Until now, it was believed that wall motion abnormalities (WMA) in this syndrome invariably affect the left ventricular (LV) apex. However, we present a syndrome mimicking classic TTC without involvement of the LV apex.Keywords
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