Key result
Takotsubo syndrome is an acute stress-induced heart condition primarily affecting postmenopausal women that requires cardiac magnetic resonance imaging to accurately differentiate from acute myocardial infarction.
Why the study?
An updated understanding was needed on the epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of Takotsubo syndrome.
This review provides an update on the epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of Takotsubo syndrome.
May refine Takotsubo recognition in practice; leaves open need for prospective treatment trials.
Takotsubo syndrome - also known as broken-heart syndrome, Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, and stress-induced cardiomyopathy - is a recently discovered acute cardiac disease first described in Japan in 1991. This review aims to update understanding on the epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of Takotsubo syndrome, highlighting aspects of interest to cardiologists and general practitioners.
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Rienzi Díaz‐Navarro (2021) conducted a review in Takotsubo syndrome. Takotsubo syndrome is an acute stress-induced heart condition primarily affecting postmenopausal women that requires cardiac magnetic resonance imaging to accurately differentiate from acute myocardial infarction.
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