Broken-heart syndrome (Takotsubo syndrome).
Stress-induced cardiomyopathy, also know as reversible left ventricular apical ballooning, " Broken-Heart" syndrome, and in Japan, Takotsubo, is characterized by the presence of a transient left ventricular dyskinetic movement of the anterior wall of with hypercontraction of the ventricular basilar segments precipitated by emotional stress. The clinical course of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is similar to that of an acute myocardial infarct with typical chest pain and electrocardiographic changes, and during the acute phase, coronary angiography is used to distinguish between the two conditions.
Lemos
Alessandra Edna Teófilo
AE
Hospital de Messejana, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil. alessandralemos@cardiol.br
Junior Araújo
Antonio Luiz
AL
Lemos
Michely Teófilo
MT
Belém
Lucia de Souza
Lde S
Vasconcelos Filho
Francisco Juarez C
FJ
Barros
Raimundo Barbosa
RB
D017023:Coronary Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology