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Stress-induced cardiomyopathy during ophthalmologic surgery - A case report -
2009
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
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Stress-induced cardiomyopathy or Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a recently described clinical entity which is associated with a chest pain occurring during a stress, an abnormal ECG and/or an increase in the troponin blood level and a transient left ventricular dysfunction. Transient left ventricular dysfunction generally involves the midsection and the apex of the heart with an akinesis. We reported a case of a 55-year-old female patient who developed a stress-induced cardiomyopathy after local
doi:10.4097/kjae.2009.57.4.518
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