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Studies from Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation yield new information about cardiomyopathies

Published in Telemedicine Law Weekly, February 27th, 2010

Investigators publish new data in the report 'Natural history and expansive clinical profile of stress (tako-tsubo) cardiomyopathy.' According to a study from the United States, "This study was designed to define more completely the clinical spectrum and consequences of stress cardiomyopathy (SC) beyond the acute event. Stress cardiomyopathy is a recently recognized condition characterized by transient cardiac dysfunction with ventricular ballooning."

"Clinical profile and outcome were prospectively assessed in 136 consecutive SC patients. Patients were predominantly women (n=130; 96%), but 6 were men (4%). Ages were 32 to 94 years (mean age 68 ±13 years); 13...

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