Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2006482 | Peptides | 2012 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
⺠Elevated serum copeptin levels can be found in approximately 50% of patients with acute Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy. ⺠Copeptin levels prior to cardiac catheterization do not differ significantly between patients with Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy and matched control patients with acute myocardial infarction. ⺠Patients with Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy and a typical (apical) ballooning pattern show significantly lower levels of copeptin as compared to patients with an atypical (midventricular) wall motion abnormality.
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Authors
Christof Burgdorf, Andreas Schubert, Heribert Schunkert, Volkhard Kurowski, Peter W. Radke,