Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: A Case of Persistent Apical Ballooning Complicated by an Apical Mural Thrombus
Pil Hyung Lee, Jae-Kwan Song, In Keun Park, Byung Joo Sun, Seung Geun Lee, Ji Hye Yim, Hyung Oh Choi
Korean J Intern Med. 2011;26(4):455-459. Published online November 28, 2011
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is an infrequent cardiac syndrome characterized by acute onset chest pain with apical ballooning on echocardiography. It is often triggered by severe emotional or physical stress, and in contrast to acute myocardial infarction (AMI), the regional wall motion abnorma..
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