Acute coronary syndrome or takotsubo syndrome: Most probably both of them, the first has triggered the second

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Jul 1:190:367-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.04.154. Epub 2015 Apr 20.

Author

Shams Y-Hassan¹

Affiliation

¹ Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Department of Cardiology, Sweden. Electronic address: shams.younis-hassan@karolinska.se.

PMID: 25939129
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.04.154

No abstract available

Keywords: Acute coronary syndrome; Apical ballooning; Broken heart syndrome; Myocardial infarction; Myocardial stunning; Takotsubo.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Acute Coronary Syndrome / diagnosis*
Electrocardiography*
Female
Humans
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / methods*
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / diagnosis*