American Heart Journal
Volume 156, Issue 3 , Pages 543-548 , September 2008

Prevalence and characteristics of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in Tako-Tsubo syndrome

  • Rami El Mahmoud, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pôle Radio-Cardio-Vasculaire, Université de Versailles-Saint Quentin (UVSQ), Hospital Ambroise Paré, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Boulogne, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Nicolas Mansencal, MD, AP-HP, Hôpital Universitaire Ambroise Paré, Service de Cardiologie et des Maladies Vasculaires, 9 avenue Charles de Gaulle, 92100 Boulogne, France.
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  • Nicolas Mansencal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pôle Radio-Cardio-Vasculaire, Université de Versailles-Saint Quentin (UVSQ), Hospital Ambroise Paré, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Boulogne, France
    • Centre Associé au Centre de Référence pour les Maladies Cardiaques Héréditaires, Boulogne, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Nicolas Mansencal, MD, AP-HP, Hôpital Universitaire Ambroise Paré, Service de Cardiologie et des Maladies Vasculaires, 9 avenue Charles de Gaulle, 92100 Boulogne, France.
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  • Rémy Pilliére, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pôle Radio-Cardio-Vasculaire, Université de Versailles-Saint Quentin (UVSQ), Hospital Ambroise Paré, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Boulogne, France
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  • François Leyer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, CHI de Le-Raincy-Montfermeil, Montfermeil, France
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  • Nacéra Abbou, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pôle Radio-Cardio-Vasculaire, Université de Versailles-Saint Quentin (UVSQ), Hospital Ambroise Paré, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Boulogne, France
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  • Pierre Michaud, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, CHI de Le-Raincy-Montfermeil, Montfermeil, France
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  • Olivier Nallet, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, CHI de Le-Raincy-Montfermeil, Montfermeil, France
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  • Franck Digne, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pôle Radio-Cardio-Vasculaire, Université de Versailles-Saint Quentin (UVSQ), Hospital Ambroise Paré, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Boulogne, France
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  • Pascal Lacombe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pôle Radio-Cardio-Vasculaire, Université de Versailles-Saint Quentin (UVSQ), Hospital Ambroise Paré, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Boulogne, France
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  • Simon Cattan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, CHI de Le-Raincy-Montfermeil, Montfermeil, France
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  • Olivier Dubourg, MD, FACC, FESC

      Affiliations

    • Pôle Radio-Cardio-Vasculaire, Université de Versailles-Saint Quentin (UVSQ), Hospital Ambroise Paré, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Boulogne, France
    • Centre Associé au Centre de Référence pour les Maladies Cardiaques Héréditaires, Boulogne, France

Received 3 January 2008 ,Accepted 6 May 2008.

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d Drs El Mahmoud and Mansencal contributed equally to this work.

PII: S0002-8703(08)00369-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.05.002

American Heart Journal
Volume 156, Issue 3 , Pages 543-548 , September 2008

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