Population
12 consecutive patients with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (11 women, 1 man), mean age 64 +/- 14 years.
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
34 +/- 16 days
Authors
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Hypothesis-generating for strain monitoring in Takotsubo recovery; prospective studies needed before clinical adoption.
Patients with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy show abnormal global and regional strain patterns during the acute phase that improve over time, though subtle abnormalities persist in early follow-up.
Heggemann et al. (2009) studied this question.
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