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SUBMITTER: Girgis M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7063644 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
CJC open 20190702 5
Cardiomyopathy of Takotsubo syndrome (TS) is typically triggered by an emotional stress in postmenopausal women. Coexistent coronary artery disease presents diagnostic dilemmas in patients with TS, as seen in the 2 cases presented. In the first case, acute coronary syndrome acts as a physical trigger for TS when a middle-aged man presents with an inferior myocardial infarct, and in the second case, coronary artery disease is a bystander when an elderly woman develops TS after a fall and facial t ...[more]