Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a reversible stress-induced syndrome with an in-hospital mortality rate similar to acute myocardial infarction, requiring multimodality imaging for diagnosis and management.
Introduction Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy (CT), also known as stress-induced cardiomyopathy, is a reversible syndrome that usually presents as an acute coronary syndrome, especially in postmenopausal women. The pathophysiology involves multiple factors, including coronary vasospasm, microcirculation dysfunction, catecholaminergic aggression, and sympathetic hyperactivity. The diagnosis of the classic presentation is the presence of a segmental alteration in the form of ballooning or dyskinesia in the antero-septo-apical region of the left ventricle, associated with hyperdynamia of the basal segments, in the absence of obstructive ...
Marcelo Westerlund Montera (2023) conducted a review in Stress Cardiomyopathy (Takotsubo). Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a reversible stress-induced syndrome with an in-hospital mortality rate similar to acute myocardial infarction, requiring multimodality imaging for diagnosis and management.