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Takotsubo syndrome is a severe but reversible acute heart failure syndrome predominantly affecting post-menopausal women, triggered by physical or emotional stress.
Takotsubo syndrome is a severe but reversible acute heart failure syndrome predominantly affecting post-menopausal women following physical or emotional stress.
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akotsubo syndrome (TTS), also known as broken heart syndrome or stress-induced cardiomyopathy, is a severe but reversible acute heart failure syndrome that predominantly affects post-menopausal women (1,2).This condition results from a surge in catecholamines (3) that typically occurs in situations of physical or emotional stress (2), or even during happy events such as weddings (4).It was first identified in Japan by Sato et al. in 1990 (5), where the pathognomonic shape of the left ventricle (LV), with an akinetic apex and hyperkinetic basal segments, was compared to a Japanese Octopus pot, or takotsubo.
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Couch et al. (2018) conducted a review in Takotsubo syndrome. Takotsubo syndrome is a severe but reversible acute heart failure syndrome predominantly affecting post-menopausal women, triggered by physical or emotional stress.
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