usz.ch To understand postulated hypotheses about the pathophysiology of Takotsubo syndrome. To obtain knowledge on clinical presentation and the examination findings of Takotsubo syndrome, which is ...

We describe a unique case of a 70-year-old man who developed Takotsubo cardiomyopathy during his first presentation with a myasthaenia gravis crisis. He had not received plasmapharesis or ...

Acute stress-induced (takotsubo) cardiomyopathy has a dramatic clinical presentation, mimicking an acute myocardial infarction and is triggered by intense emotional or physical stress. In this paper, ...

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is characterised by left ventricular apical ballooning, in the absence of coronary artery disease, and classically occurs at times of intense stress. Due to the striking ...

Objective A score to distinguish Takotsubo syndrome (TS) from acute coronary syndrome ... 15 Patients with a clinical and/or cardiac MRI diagnosis of myocarditis were excluded. After development of ...

Diagnosis: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy Management: Treatment with β-blockers, aspirin, angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors, and intravenous diuretics. A 71-year-old woman presented to an ...

Diagnosis. Stress-induced (Takotsubo) cardiomyopathy (apical ballooning syndrome). Management. The patient was monitored with cardiac telemetry. Metoprolol and ramipril were continued. A 54-year ...

Takotsubo syndrome, also known as broken heart syndrome, takotsubo cardiomyopathy, or stress cardiomyopathy, is a temporary heart condition that is often brought on by a mentally or physically ...

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) on takeover showed takotsubo cardiomyopathy with ballooning in the apical region of the heart (Figure, left). This was most likely triggered by severe dyspnea.

If you have been diagnosed with takotsubo syndrome, also called broken heart syndrome, and you are over 21 years of age, we invite you to join our takotsubo syndrome registry. By answering a set of ...

Objectives Takotsubo stress cardiomyopathy (TSC ... All patients with TSC had a previous normal cardiovascular MR investigation. Results CFR at low-dose dobutamine was significantly lower in the TSC ...

Dawn Loates experienced takotsubo syndrome, sometimes called broken heart syndrome. She tells Senior Cardiac Nurse Emily Reeve about her experience, and how being creative helped her recovery. Dawn, ...