Severe stress in an elderly woman causes a temporary "broken" heart.
This novel cardiac syndrome has clinical features that mimic those of acute myocardial infarction. The typical patient is a postmenopausal woman.
Monti
Jonathan D
JD
US Army/Baylor University Emergency Medicine DSc Program, USA.
Eisenhauer
Michael D
MD
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy