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Stress hormone and circulating biomarker profile of apical ballooning syndrome (Takotsubo cardiomyopathy): insights into the clinical significance of B-type natriuretic peptide and troponin levels
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- Published on: 6 August 2009
- Published on: 6 August 2009Stress cardiomyopathy and pheochromocytomaWe would like to congratulate Dr. Madhavan et al (1) for their excellent paper in the journal. However, we would like to make some comments. Because of the fact that in their cohort of patients with apical ballooning syndrome (ABS) do not find elevated catecholamine and cortisol levels, they affirm in their conclusions that: “routine measurement of catecholamines in clinical practice is unlike to be of diagnostic value among pat...Show MoreConflict of Interest:
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