Tako-tsubo transient left ventricular apical ballooning: is intravascular ultrasound the key to resolve the enigma?
Open Access
- 1 January 2005
- Vol. 91 (1) , 102-104
- https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.2004.035709
Abstract
To test the hypothesis that a ruptured coronary plaque could be the underlying aetiology of this syndrome we prospectively performed intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) examination in five consecutive tako-tsubo patients.Keywords
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