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

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.

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

Aberdeen University researchers looked at 52 patients with Takotsubo syndrome ... The team from Aberdeen used ultrasound and cardiac MRI scans to look at how the patients' hearts were functioning.