Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages 63-70 , February 2010

A Single-centre Report on the Characteristics of Tako-tsubo Syndrome

  • Andrew W. Teh, MBBS

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Box Hill Hospital Cardiology Department, PO Box 94, Box Hill 3128, Australia. Tel.: +61 03 9895 3391; fax: +61 03 9895 4834.
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  • Gishel New, MBBS, PhD
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  • Jennifer Cooke, MBBS

Received 21 March 2009 ,Revised 6 October 2009 ,Accepted 10 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2009.10.002

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Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages 63-70 , February 2010

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