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Inquiries about a patient with a “snail-like” takotsubo syndrome variant


- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States
- Division of Cardiology, Elmhurst Hospital Center, Elmhurst, NY, United States
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Abstract
Abstract
Keywords
Takotsubo ; snail-like focal takotsubo; focal takotsubo syndrome; imaging in takotsubo syndrome.


Title
Inquiries about a patient with a “snail-like” takotsubo syndrome variant
Journal
Issue
Article type
Editorial Comment
Pages
897-898
Published online
2022-12-13
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1306
Article views/downloads
150
DOI
10.5603/CJ.2022.0109
Pubmed
Bibliographic record
Cardiol J 2022;29(6):897-898.
Keywords
Takotsubo
snail-like focal takotsubo
focal takotsubo syndrome
imaging in takotsubo syndrome.
Authors
John E. Madias


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