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Reverse Takotsubo cardiomyopathy following intra-abdominal surgery
Burak Açar1, Özgür Kırbaş2, Sefa Ünal2
1Department of Cardiology, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. burakacarmd@yahoo.com.
Abstract:
Reverse Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (RTC) is a rare condition characterized by systolic dysfunction of the basal segments of the left ventricle in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease. The case of a 50-year-old woman with RTC following intra-abdominal surgery is described in the present report.

