Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53022#.VLR-kMnQrzE Author(s) Sandhya Shresthra 1 , Daniel Juneau 2 , Daniel Hermann 2 , Gretchen L. Wells 2* Affiliation(s) 1 Section on Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, USA . 2 Section on Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, USA . ABSTRACT Apical ballooning syndrome (Takotsubo cardiomyopathy) is an increasingly recognized form of acute systolic dysfunction which is usually reversible. It typically occurs in post-menopausal women following a major psychological stressor. We conducted a single center, retrospective analysis of all hospitalized patients from 2001-2012 and found 104 patients who met the diagnostic criteria for apical ballooning. In this current largest series of its kind, 83% of...
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