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The Clinically Broken Heart: Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy
[Heart Matters, ReachMD XM Radio] Takotsubo, or stress-induced cardiomyopathy (also known as ‘broken heart syndrome’), was first recognized in Japan in the 1990s. Acute emotional or physical stress trigger the condition, which mimics the symptoms of a myocardial infarction (or MI). How can physicians differentiate between stress-induced cardiomyopathy and a more conventional MI, and how [...]
Posted: August 2nd, 2010, 12:26 pm under Abbott Northwestern Hospital, heart health, Minneapolis Heart Institute, Radio, ReachMD.
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