In this issue of the journal, Teh and co-authors present a case series and review
of Tako-tsubo syndrome in the Australian setting [
[1]
]. With a relatively large series, the authors confirm that the clinical characteristics
of the syndrome are similar to those originally described in the Japanese population.
There is also the same relationship with stress, both physical and emotional, and
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© 2009 Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
