Can aldosterone break your heart? Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a patient with newly diagnosed primary aldosteronism

We report a case of a 47-year-old Caucasian woman with medical history of hypertension and hypokalemia, who presented to Emergency Room with symptoms resembling acute coronary syndrome ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Coronary angiogram revealed clear coronary arteries and left ventriculo...

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Published in:BMJ Case Rep
Main Authors: Zoltowska, Dominika M, Agrawal, Yashwant, Kalavakunta, Jagadeesh K
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Findings That Shed New Light on the Possible Pathogenesis of a Disease or an Adverse Effect
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5836713/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29437744
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-223472
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