Rare Complication of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: Ventricular Septal Perforation with Septal Dissection |
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| Authors: | Keisuke Miyake M.D. Toshihiro Funatsu M.D. Ph.D. Haruhiko Kondoh M.D. Ph.D. Kazuhiro Taniguchi M.D. Ph.D. |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Japan Labour Health and Welfare Organization Osaka Rosai Hospital, Nagasone‐cho, Kita‐ku, Sakai, Japan |
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| Abstract: | We describe a rare case of takotsubo cardiomyopathy complicated by acute ventricular septal perforation with ventricular septal dissection. The ventricular perforation was successfully closed by repairing the dissecting site with a bovine pericardial patch. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12676 (J Card Surg 2016;31:150–153) |
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