title: Broken-heart syndrome (Takotsubo syndrome).
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Messejana, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil. alessandralemos@cardiol.br
authors.forename: Alessandra Edna Teófilo
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Lemos
authors.forename: Antonio Luiz
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Junior Araújo
authors.forename: Michely Teófilo
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Lemos
authors.forename: Lucia de Souza
authors.initials: Lde S
authors.lastname: Belém
authors.forename: Francisco Juarez C
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Vasconcelos Filho
authors.forename: Raimundo Barbosa
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Barros
mesh_terms: D017023:Coronary Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology