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KMID : 0338420130280030356
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The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
2013 Volume.28 No. 3 p.356 ~ p.360
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Synephrine-containing dietary supplement precipitating apical ballooning syndrome in a young female
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Chung Hye-Moon
Kwon Sung-Woo
Kim Tae-Hoon
Yoon Ji-Hyun
Ma Dae-Won
Park Yoo-Mi
Hong Bum-Kee
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Abstract
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Apical ballooning syndrome (ABS) is a unique reversible cardiomyopathy that is frequently precipitated by emotional or physical stress. In addition, the few drugs reported to precipitate ABS were either illegal or strictly controlled for medical use. This paper reports a case of ABS precipitated by a dietary supplement. Our case accentuates the potential risk of dietary supplements containing synephrine, which is uncontrolled and available to the general public. Therefore, the Korea Food and Drug Administration should regulate these dietary supplements, and warn healthcare workers and the general public of the potential hazards of the indiscriminate abuse of dietary supplements.
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KEYWORD
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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, Dietary supplements, Synephrine
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