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Images in cardiology
Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy: findings on cardiac CT and coronary catheterisation
  1. J W Nance1,2,
  2. U J Schoepf1,2,
  3. L Ramos-Duran1,2
  1. 1Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
  2. 2Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
  1. Correspondence to U Joseph Schoepf, Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Medical University of South Carolina, Ashley River Tower, 25 Courtenay Drive, MSC 226, Charleston, SC 29401, USA; schoepf{at}musc.edu

https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.2009.185306

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    • Competing interests UJS is a medical consultant for and receive research support from Bayer-Schering, Bracco, General Electric, Medrad and Siemens.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; not externally peer reviewed.