%0 Journal Article
%T Clostridium Difficile Infection and Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: Is There a Relation?
%A Faisal Inayat
%A Hafeez Ul Hassan Virk
%J Archive of "North American Journal of Medical Sciences".
%D 2016
%R 10.4103/1947-2714.187156
%X Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) mimics acute coronary syndrome and is accompanied by reversible left ventricular apical ballooning in the absence of angiographically significant coronary artery stenosis. It is a transient condition that typically precedes physical or emotional triggers
%K Apical ballooning
%K Clostridium difficile
%K coronary artery disease
%K takotsubo cardiomyopathy
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4982362/