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. 2010 Apr 8;33(4):241–242. doi: 10.1002/clc.20742

Transient Cardiac Ballooning is Not Best Nomenclature for Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy as it does Not Capture all Variants of This Syndrome. Stress Cardiomyopathy is a Much Better Term for this Syndrome

Mohammad Reza Movahed 1,✉
PMCID: PMC6653465  PMID: 20394045

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