Population
Patients with Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy
Design
Review
Authors
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Hypothesis-generating for Takotsubo mechanism; leaves open validation before any practice implications.
This paper proposes a pathophysiological mechanism for Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy involving transient LV mid-cavity obstruction and subsequent myocardial stunning.
Merli et al. (2005) studied this question.