Successful heart transplantation using a donor heart afflicted by takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as apical ballooning syndrome, stress cardiomyopathy, or broken heart syndrome, is a disease characterized by transient ventricular dysfunction in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease. Herein, we present a case in which a heart with mild takotsubo cardiomyopathy was utilized as the donor organ for an orthotopic heart transplant.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Proceedings
دوره 29 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016