Broken heart syndrome triggered by an obstructive goiter not associated with thyrotoxicosis

Purpose Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) is described as transient ventricular dysfunction following emotional or physical trauma. A few reports have described patients with TC in association with various circumstances of thyrotoxicosis. We report an unusual case of TC in a patient with a large retrost...

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Veröffentlicht in:Canadian journal of anesthesia 2013-08, Vol.60 (8), p.808-812
Hauptverfasser: Hatzakorzian, Roupen, Bui, Helen, Schricker, Thomas, Backman, Steven B.
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