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Table 2 Parallelism between "Galatina's" and tako tsubo like syndromes

From: Presumptive myocarditis with ST-Elevation myocardial infarction presentation in young males as a new syndrome. Clinical significance and long term follow up

Syndrome

Galatina's

Tako-tsubo like

STEMI-like presentation

yes

yes

Usually benign

yes

yes

Occasionally recurrence

yes

yes

Gender predominance

male

female

Age (years)

< 40

> 45

Prodomal phase

Flu-like

Psycological stress

Favourite target region

inferior

apical

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Cardiovascular Ultrasound

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