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Does 2D strain echocardiography differentiate global and regional myocardial function between Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and acute anterior myocardial infarction?
Does 2D strain echocardiography differentiate global and regional myocardial function between Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and acute anterior myocardial infarction?
2D strain echocardiography demonstrates that Takotsubo cardiomyopathy impairs myocardial function circumferentially beyond a single coronary territory, allowing noninvasive differentiation from acute anterior myocardial infarction.
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May aid noninvasive differentiation of TC from anterior AMI; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before clinical use.
Heggemann et al. (2011) studied this question.
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