Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy With Inconspicuous Initial Electrocardiogram: A Potentially Serious Cardiac Pathology Related to Emotional Stress

Conclusion: Patients with acute psychopathology, recent emotional or physical stress and acute cardio-thoracic symptoms should receive immediate cardiological investigations. As the ECG may be normal in patients with TCM, concurrent measurement of the troponin serum level is recommended. Psychiatrists should consider TCM in patients, who report recent stressful events accompanied by cardio-thoracic symptoms.
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research