Broken hearts: differentiating stress-induced cardiomyopathy from acute myocardial infarction in the patient presenting with acute coronary syndrome.
The link between an emotional or physical stresses and an acute cardiac event was first discovered in Japan. Stress-induced cardiomyopathy is defined as transient left ventricular dysfunction associated with apical and mid ventricular contractile abnormalities and sparing of basal segments that mimics acute myocardial infarction. This article presents an overview of this disorder.
Purgason
Katey
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Emergency Department, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA. kateypurgason@yahoo.com
D000208:Acute Disease; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D015984:Causality; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications*; D003422:Critical Care; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008487:Medical History Taking; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D017698:Postmenopause; D011379:Prognosis; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy