Low MMP-8/TIMP-1 reflects left ventricle impairment in takotsubo cardiomyopathy and high TIMP-1 may help to differentiate it from acute coronary syndrome

• Olavi Parkkonen ,

  * E-mail: olavi.parkkonen@hus.fi

  Affiliation Heart and Lung Center, Helsinki University Hospital and Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland

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• Mikko T. Nieminen,

  Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

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• Paula Vesterinen,

  Affiliation Heart and Lung Center, Helsinki University Hospital and Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland

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• Taina Tervahartiala,

  Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

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• Markus Perola,

  Affiliation National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland

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• Veikko Salomaa,

  Affiliation National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland

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• Pekka Jousilahti,

  Affiliation National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland

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• Timo Sorsa,

  Affiliations Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, Division of Periodontology, Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden

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• Pirkko J. Pussinen,

  Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

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• Juha Sinisalo

  Affiliation Heart and Lung Center, Helsinki University Hospital and Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland

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