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. 2022 Aug 28;19(8):622-625.
doi: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2022.08.005.

Takotsubo syndrome presenting with left bundle branch block in an octogenarian. Is hyponatremia a pathogenic "common ground"?

Elpidio Santillo  1 , Pierpaolo D'Onofrio  2 , Luciano Marini  1 , Demetrio Postacchini  2 , Lucio Cardinali  1
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Takotsubo syndrome presenting with left bundle branch block in an octogenarian. Is hyponatremia a pathogenic "common ground"?

Elpidio Santillo et al. J Geriatr Cardiol. .
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Figure 1
Echocardiographic and electrocardiographic features at admission and at exordium of takotsubo syndrome.
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Coronary angiogram images.
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