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“My heart is burning”: Takotsubo broken heart syndrome
Ozcan Ozeke

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Ozcan Ozeke
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- Corresponding author at: Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Hastanesi, Kardiyoloji Klinigi, Ankara, 06100, Turkiye. Tel.: +90 5053836773; fax: +90 312 312 41 20.

Ozgur Kirbas, MD
, Ozlem Karabulut, MD
, Sefa Unal, MD
, Fatih Sen, MD
, Kumral Cagli, MD
, Zehra Golbasi, MD
, Serkan Topaloglu, MD
, Dursun Aras, MD
, Sinan Aydogdu, MD
Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey
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Published Online: April 09, 2016Accepted: April 5, 2016; Received: March 29, 2016;
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We are pleased that our paper raised an interest among readers of the American Journal of Emergency Medicine [1] On behalf of co-authors, I would like to reply to the letter of titled by “Reversible Brugada-like electrocardiogram and acute renal failure, in a patient with takotsubo syndrome”. The brain, autonomic nerves, and heart are considered as an interactive system. “My heart is burning” is a common metaphor used to describe the intense emotional pain. Indeed, often emotional pain, sadness, or grief are experienced as physical pain distinctly in the heart region [2].
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