Broken heart syndrome
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Ker, James A.
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Media 24
Abstract
Takotsubo was first described in Japan in 1990, but subsequently it was described globally
and in 2013 there were 1879 publications on the subject. The main characteristic is transient
reversible systolic dysfunction of the left ventricle and 90% of the cases are in women.
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Keywords
Takosubo, Women, Left ventricle, Transient reversible systolic dysfunction
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Citation
Ker, J 2015, 'Broken heart syndrome', The Specialist Forum, vol. 15, no. 8, pp. 30.