Finding Good Resources Online, Case Study Example

The internet is host to several sources of information that provides distinct data about particular issues that humans intend to understand. In the field of medicine, such consideration is determinable especially when dealing with critical medical cases such as the Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy or the broken heart syndrome. With the many resources available in the internet, one must be cautious enough to take into account the most considerably accurate and valid source of information that would be used as reference to the stud and treatment of a particular ailment.

Among the credible sources found regarding the ailment noted as Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy is the one located at http://www.takotsubo.com/. This website offers a light but direct presentation of what the ailment is about. It also gives rightful evidences on how the ailment is diagnosed and how proper treatment of the matter could be determined accordingly. Another source would be http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1767823/, which is an article entitled Apical ballooning of the left ventricle: first series in white patients, which is an article dedicated to presenting the most critical points of the broken heart syndrome through the use of an academic approach of application.

In many ways, these two sources support the information found within each other’s context. It could be analyzed however that there are some points that might not completely coincide with each other in presenting the most critical points of explaining the details about the ailment in concern. When confusion arises, it is important for the researcher to find a third-party source that could establish the neutrality and the applicability of the bits and pieces of information taken from both aspects of data-defining references. With the neutralizing factor working on the hope of improving understanding about the ailment, it is expected that making assumptions and specific decisions towards diagnosing and treating the patient would come into realization accordingly.

References

Desment, APR (et al). (2003). Apical ballooning of the left ventricle: first series in white patients. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1767823/. Retrieved on September 28, 2014.

Stripped Girafe Press. (2005). Tako-Tsubo Syndrome: Tako-Tsubo Cardiomyopathy. http://www.takotsubo.com/. Retrieved on September 28, 2014.

Prasad, FRCP, FESC, FACC, Abhiram; Amir Lerman, MD, FESC, FACC, and Charanjit S. Rihal, MD, FACC (March 2008). “Apical ballooning syndrome (Tako-Tsubo or stress cardiomyopathy): A mimic of acute myocardial infarction“. American Heart Journal 155 (3): 408–17.

Abe, Y; Kondo, M; Matsuoka, R; Araki, M; Dohyama, K; Tanio, H (2003-03-05). “Assessment of clinical features in transient left ventricular apical ballooning”. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 41 (5): 737–42.