This review provides an overview of the clinical presentation, diagnostic challenges, and potential complications of takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
Supports clinical recognition amid diagnostic uncertainty; leaves open standardization of criteria for prospective validation.
In recent years, the number of documented cases of takotsubo cardiomyopathy, which occurs mainly in elderly women, has been increasing all over the world. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy presents quite similar symptoms to acute anterior myocardial infarction, but with normal coronary arteries and left ventricular apical ballooning. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy has been recognised as a source of acute heart failure, lethal ventricular arrhythmia and ventricular rupture. The onset mechanism of this syndrome is still a matter of debate. In this article, we summarise previous studies and future issues regarding takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
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