Comparison of Outcomes in Patients with Takotsubo Syndrome with-vs-without Cardiogenic Shock

Takotsubo syndrome (TS) is a neurologically mediated acute heart failure syndrome characterized by transient reversible left ventricular dysfunction affecting more than one coronary artery territory in a circumferential distribution.1,2 The syndrome is classically associated with a lack of culprit lesion on coronary angiography and is often triggered by physical or emotional stress.2 TS is variably referred to as stress cardiomyopathy, apical ballooning syndrome or broken heart syndrome and is increasingly recognized in approximately 2% of patients initially presenting with acute coronary syndromes.

Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - September 13, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Moinuddin Syed, Muhammad Zia Khan, Mohammed Osman, Anas Alharbi, Muhammad Usman Khan, Muhammad Bilal Munir, Sudarshan Balla Source Type: research