Why the study?
Takotsubo syndrome has significant morbidity and mortality, but its clinical characteristics, outcomes, and risk factors in Southeast Asian patients were not well described.
Population
68 southeast-Asian patients with TTS in a single tertiary centre
Design
Single-centre retrospective study
Authors
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May inform risk stratification for cardiogenic shock in Takotsubo syndrome; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
In a Singaporean cohort with Takotsubo syndrome, male sex and physical triggers were significantly associated with worse in-hospital outcomes including cardiogenic shock.
Heng et al. (2025) studied this question.
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