A Broken Heart: A Case of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

Emotional stress-induced left ventricular dysfunction, also known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, is a condition that has become more prevalent since the turn of the century. Seen most commonly in postmenopausal women who experience an acute emotional stressor, its presentation resembles that of acute...

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Autores principales: Landa, Eric, Vigandt, Erika, Moron, Luis, Ubhi, Manveer, Fermin, Basilides
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8712236/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34976528
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19933
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author Landa, Eric
Vigandt, Erika
Moron, Luis
Ubhi, Manveer
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description Emotional stress-induced left ventricular dysfunction, also known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, is a condition that has become more prevalent since the turn of the century. Seen most commonly in postmenopausal women who experience an acute emotional stressor, its presentation resembles that of acute coronary syndrome with electrocardiogram changes, which is why most patients receive a left heart catheterization revealing clean or nonobstructive coronary arteries.
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spelling pubmed-87122362021-12-30 A Broken Heart: A Case of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Landa, Eric Vigandt, Erika Moron, Luis Ubhi, Manveer Fermin, Basilides Cureus Cardiology Emotional stress-induced left ventricular dysfunction, also known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, is a condition that has become more prevalent since the turn of the century. Seen most commonly in postmenopausal women who experience an acute emotional stressor, its presentation resembles that of acute coronary syndrome with electrocardiogram changes, which is why most patients receive a left heart catheterization revealing clean or nonobstructive coronary arteries. Cureus 2021-11-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8712236/ /pubmed/34976528 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19933 Text en Copyright © 2021, Landa et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8712236/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34976528
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19933
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