title: Stress cardiomyopathy syndrome: a contemporary review.
abstract: Stress cardiomyopathy (SC) syndrome represents a reversible form of cardiomyopathy that commonly presents proximate to an acute emotional or physiologic stressor. The clinical presentation is similar to an acute coronary syndrome in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease to explain the unusual distribution of associated transient wall motion abnormalities. Postmenopausal women seem particularly prone to SC for unclear reasons. The pathophysiology of the syndrome is unknown but may involve pathologic sympathetic myocardial stimulation.
authors: University of Missouri-Kansas City, 12330 Metcalf Avenue, Suite 280, Overland Park, KS 66213, USA. kbybee@cc-pc.com
authors: Divya
authors: D
authors: Kapoor
authors: Kevin A
authors: KA
authors: Bybee
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011379:Prognosis; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D013577:Syndrome; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right / Q000502:physiology*