Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy is an important differential diagnosis for acute coronary occlusion, typically affecting postmenopausal women after stress, and has an excellent prognosis despite initial hemodynamic compromise.
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Supports considering Takotsubo in postmenopausal ACS mimics; leaves open prospective validation of risk stratification.
Abdulla et al. (2007) studied this question.
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