title: Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy as a recurrent disease with doubtful prognosis of recovery and heterogenic symptoms.
abstract: Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy, known since 1990, is described as hypo/akinesis of apical heart segments with the hyperkinesis of the basis of the heart which mimics the shape of a traditional Japanese octopus trap.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Cardiology, Silesian Medical University, Zabrze, Poland. greg_kubiak@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kubiak
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jacheć
authors.forename: Damian
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kawecki
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Traczewska
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Irlik
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nowalany-Kozielska
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D013318:Stroke Volume; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left