title: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and neurogenic stunned myocardium: similar albeit different.
abstract: We demonstrate that in patients with stress cardiomyopathy the type of triggering event is associated with different clinical, instrumental, and laboratory features that characterize the phenotype at presentation.
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic and Vascular Department, Vita-Salute University, Via Olgettina, 58, 20132 Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ancona
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic and Vascular Department, Vita-Salute University, Via Olgettina, 58, 20132 Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Letizia F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Bertoldi
authors.affiliation: Anesthesia and Neuro-Intensive Care, Head and Neck Department, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ruggieri
authors.affiliation: Anesthesia and Neuro-Intensive Care, Head and Neck Department, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cerri
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic and Vascular Department, Vita-Salute University, Via Olgettina, 58, 20132 Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Magnoni
authors.affiliation: Anesthesia and Neuro-Intensive Care, Head and Neck Department, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Beretta
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic and Vascular Department, Vita-Salute University, Via Olgettina, 58, 20132 Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cianflone
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic and Vascular Department, Vita-Salute University, Via Olgettina, 58, 20132 Milan, Italy camici.paolo@hsr.it.
authors.forename: Paolo G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Camici
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017682:Myocardial Stunning; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
keywords: Acute coronary syndromes; Aneurysmal-subarachnoid haemorrhage; Cathecolamines; Neurogenic stunning; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy