Can takotsubo cardiomyopathy be familial?
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a form of reversible left ventricular dysfunction that is presumably precipitated by stress. Our observations of the recurrence of takotsubo cardiomyopathy in an individual and the occurrence of a reversible cardiomyopathy in her daughter lead us to speculate on the possibility of a familial predisposition to this entity or its variants.
Cherian
John
J
Angelis
Dimitrios
D
Filiberti
Allen
A
Saperia
Gordon
G
D000328:Adult; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000209:etiology*; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D017682:Myocardial Stunning / Q000209:etiology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000209:etiology*