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Sep 9, 2025, 08:15
Taha Ahmed Highlights Rare Case: LV Fibroelastoma Mimicking Thrombus Leading to Takotsubo
Taha Ahmed, Cardiology fellow in the Clinical Investigator Track at Emory University, shared a post on X:
”Our “Research and Academic Writing Interest Group” shines again.
PGY-II Malika Elhage Hassan led a fascinating case: LV fibroelastoma mimicking thrombus → coronary embolization → Tako tsubo
Poster: Emory Department of Medicine Research Day
Paper in: BMJ Case Reports”
Title: Coronary embolisation of a left ventricular fibroelastoma mimicking a thrombus and triggering Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
Authors: Malika Elhage Hassan, Taha Ahmed, Mani Ali Daneshmand, Pratik B Sandesara

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