Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is an acute, reversible neurocardiological heart failure syndrome predominantly affecting postmenopausal women following sudden stress, driven primarily by abnormal catecholamine dynamics rather than epicardial coronary artery spasm or occlusion. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Yoshihiro J. Akashi; David S. Goldstein; Giuseppe Bárbaro; Takashi Ueyama

doi:10.1161/circulationaha.108.767012

December 16, 2008CirculationOpen Access

Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

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To review the clinical characteristics, diagnostic criteria, prognosis, and underlying neurocardiological mechanisms of takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
Literature searches conducted in SCOPUS and MEDLINE between 1989 and December 2007 using terms such as takotsubo cardiomyopathy, apical ballooning, and ampulla cardiomyopathy.
Synthesis of published case series, diagnostic criteria from the Mayo Clinic, histopathological analyses, imaging evaluations, and animal models.
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy accounts for ≈1% to 2% of all suspected acute myocardial infarction presentations, occurring predominantly in elderly and postmenopausal women following acute stress.
Patients present with chest pain, dyspnea, precordial ST-segment elevation, elevated catecholamines, and increased brain natriuretic peptide without obstructive epicardial coronary artery disease.
Severe left ventricular apical ballooning typically resolves within a few weeks, with myocardial biopsies demonstrating inflammatory infiltrates and contraction bands rather than ischemic coagulation necrosis.

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Patients with takotsubo cardiomyopathy (predominantly post-menopausal women) and rat immobilization models

Implication

This review summarizes the clinical features, diagnostic criteria, and pathophysiology of takotsubo cardiomyopathy, highlighting the central role of catecholamine toxicity and proposing a rat immobilization model to further study the condition.

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