Stress Cardiomyopathy in the Setting of COPD Exacerbation

• Main Authors: Kevin Landefeld (Author), Qusai Saleh MD (Author), Gary E. Sander MD, PhD (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: SAGE Publishing, 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction . Stress cardiomyopathy, or takotsubo cardiomyopathy, is an acute, reversible left ventricular dysfunction usually initiated by a psychological or physical stress. We report this case of stress cardiomyopathy following a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation and the subsequ...