[Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is an acute cardiac syndrome induced by stress].
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is an acute cardiac syndrome, characterized by transient left ventricular dysfunction often following a stressful event in post-menopausal women. Symptoms are indistinguishable from myocardial infarction. However, TTC patients do not have a culprit lesion on acute angiography, and regional akinesia is not limited to a single vascular territory. As opposed to other cardiomyopathies TTC is completely reversible, albeit with a 5% mortality rate as well as a 10% re-occurrence rate. This article summarizes the current knowledge about aetiology, diagnostics and treatment.
annette.maria.fuchs@regionh.dk.
Annette Maria
AM
Fuchs
Lia E
LE
Bang
Lene
L
Holmvang
Philip
P
Hasbak
Andreas
A
Kjær
Thomas Emil
TE
Christensen
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D055414:Myocardial Perfusion Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D017698:Postmenopause; D011379:Prognosis; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy