Response to Letter to the Editor: Psychiatric Disease Among Patients with Takotsubo Syndrome

We read with great interest the letter to the editor on behalf of Drs. El-Battrawy et al. regarding our recent publication in Psychosomatics on the prognostic significance of pre-existing psychiatric illness in takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC).1,2 In response to the letter, the pattern of wall motion abnormality in TC was not included in our study ′s multivariable models assessing mortality or recurrence. However, in univariate analysis, there was no significant difference in the rate of “atypical” TC patterns between patients with or without pre-existing psychiatric illness.

Source: Psychosomatics - October 18, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Arash Nayeri, Eric Rafla-Yuan, Eric Farber-Eger, Marcia Blair, Boback Ziaeian, Martin Cadeiras, John A. McPherson, Quinn S. Wells Source Type: research