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Clinical Autonomic Research
Published in: Clinical Autonomic Research 3/2015

01-06-2015 | Case Report

Transient global amnesia and broken heart syndrome: two faces of one pathology

Authors: Silvio Quick, Uwe Speiser, Nicole Richter, Akram Youssef, Nadine Waessnig, Ruth H. Strasser, Karim Ibrahim

Published in: Clinical Autonomic Research | Issue 3/2015

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Abstract

We present a case of a 57-year-old female patient with transient global amnesia, who later developed broken heart syndrome also known as takotsubo cardiomyopathy. The present case underlines that co-occurrence of both pathologies might still be an under-recognized clinical problem.
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Metadata
Title
Transient global amnesia and broken heart syndrome: two faces of one pathology
Authors
Silvio Quick
Uwe Speiser
Nicole Richter
Akram Youssef
Nadine Waessnig
Ruth H. Strasser
Karim Ibrahim
Publication date
01-06-2015
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Clinical Autonomic Research / Issue 3/2015
Print ISSN: 0959-9851
Electronic ISSN: 1619-1560
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10286-015-0284-z

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