Conditions Associated With Left Ventricular Apical Ballooning
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Transient left ventricular apical ballooning.
http://ccn.aacnjournals.org Brenda McCulloch is a clinical nurse specialist for the Sutter Heart Institute in Sacramento, California. She has 25 years of experience in cardiovascular nursing, with a concentration in interventional cardiology. Transient left ventricular apical ballooning, also known as takotsubo cardiomyopathy, is an unusual abnormality that may be the underlying cause of signs ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Cardiology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0160-9289,1932-8737
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20772