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. 2018 Jan-Mar;28(1):72-73.
doi: 10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_30_17.

Takotsubo Syndrome in Patient with Severe Mitral and Aortic Regurgitation

Francesco Sbrana  1 , Vladyslav Chubuchny  1 , Elisa Poggianti  1 , Emilio Maria Pasanisi  1
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Takotsubo Syndrome in Patient with Severe Mitral and Aortic Regurgitation

Francesco Sbrana et al. J Cardiovasc Echogr. 2018 Jan-Mar.
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(a) Left ventricular apical hypokinesia (yellow arrow). (b) Moderate-to-severe mitral regurgitation at color Doppler. (c) Moderate aortic regurgitation at color Doppler. (d) Angiography of left coronary artery without coronary stenosis/occlusion. (e) Angiography of right coronary artery without coronary stenosis/occlusion. (f) Mitral and aortic regurgitation at cine magnetic resonance imaging. (g) Recovery in left ventricular contractility. (h) Persistence of mitral regurgitation at color Doppler after recovery of left ventricular contractility. (i) Persistence of aortic regurgitation at color Doppler after recovery of left ventricular contractility. (j) Severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction after valve replacement surgery. (k) Normally functioning mitral valve prosthesis. (l) Intracavitary defibrillator implantation in the presence of aortic and mitral prosthetic valves
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