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Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC), also known as “stress induced cardiomyopathy”, is an acute cardiac condition characterized by transient myocardial dysfunction associated with a peculiar pattern of reversibile left ventricular ballooning that mimics myocardial infarction, but with normal coronary arteries. Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy typically occurs in postmenopausal women and it is often triggered by physical or emotional stressful events. We report on a patient with Alzheimer’s disease, who presented with TTC and an ischemic stroke.
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Guidoni, S.V., Pellicano, C., La Starza, S. et al. Tako tsubo and ischemic stroke in a patient with Alzheimer’s disease. Aging Clin Exp Res 26, 673–675 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-014-0220-4
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