title: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy may be associated with cardiac geometric features as observed in hypertensive heart disease.
abstract: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a clinical entity with a relatively new described acute and reversible left ventricular (LV) dysfunction triggered by emotional stress. Different observations have represented that takotsubo cardiomyopathy may be associated with similar LV myocardial geometry as described by novel quantitative echocardiographic methods in hypertensive heart disease. Therefore, acute emotional stress in takotsubo cardiomyopathy or chronic stress by increased afterload in hypertension possibly represents similar morphologic and functional features on the basis of heart.
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yalçin
authors.forename: Haldun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Muderrisoğlu
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000503:physiopathology; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*