Transient cardiac ballooning is not best nomenclature for Takotsubo cardiomyopathy as it does not capture all variants of this syndrome. Stress cardiomyopathy is a much better term for this syndrome.
Movahed
Mohammad Reza
MR
D006801:Humans; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000145:classification*; D009626:Terminology as Topic
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