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European Heart Journal Advance Access published online on November 3, 2009
European Heart Journal, doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp451
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2009. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Occurrence of late gadolinium enhancement in ventricular ballooning or Tako-Tsubo syndrome: increased wall stress should not be overlooked

Peter Alter

Internal Medicine – Cardiology
Philipps University
Baldingerstrasse
D-35033 Marburg
Germany
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E-mail: alter@staff.uni-marburg.de

Heinz Rupp

Internal Medicine – Cardiology
Philipps University
Baldingerstrasse
D-35033 Marburg
Germany

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With great interest, we read the article by Rolf et al.1 The histological basis of late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was examined in 15 patients with transient ventricular ballooning or the so-called Tako-Tsubo syndrome. While all patients exhibited increased collagen-1 in endomyocardial biopsies, it was . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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