Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy: how stress can mimic acute coronary occlusion

Ward, Michael R

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01663.x

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In reply: I thank Padayachee for his interest in our review.1 We read Padayachee’s published case series of the use of levosimendan to help recovery of left ventricular dysfunction in tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC)2 after our review was published.

Department of Cardiology, Royal North Shore Hospital and University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.

Correspondence: mrward@nsccahs.health.nsw.gov.au

1. Abdulla I, Ward MR. Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy: how stress can mimic acute coronary occlusion. Med J Aust 2007; 187: 357-360. <MJA full text>
2. Padayachee L. Levosimendan: the inotrope of choice in cardiogenic shock secondary to takotsubo cardiomyopathy? Heart Lung Circ 2007; 16 Suppl 3: S65-S70.

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