Ever hear of someone dying from a broken heart? The “broken heart syndrome,” also known as “Takotsubo cardiomyopathy,” or “stress induced cardiomyopathy,” or “apical ballooning ...

Learn how to diagnose and treat Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, a reversible acute cardiac dysfunction of uncertain pathogenesis ... Regional hypokinesis on left ventricular imaging, ...

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is also known as stress cardiomyopathy or broken heart syndrome. It is a temporary heart condition that shares many of the symptoms of a heart attack. Learn more.

Broken heart syndrome, or Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM), is a temporary and reversible disease presenting as an unexpected weakening of the left ventricular myocardium. It mainly occurs in ...

History and pathophysiology. In 2006, the American Heart Association recognized takotsubo cardiomyopathy as a primary acquired cardiomyopathy. 2 However, the condition was actually first ...

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is also known as also known as stress-induced cardiomyopathy, broken-heart syndrome or apical-ballooning syndrome and occurs with a sudden increase in sympathetic nervous ...

The Scottish Takotsubo Registry There are no established, evidence-based treatments for takotsubo syndrome, also known as broken heart syndrome or “stress cardiomyopathy.” Takotsubo presents in a ...

“What surprises you in Takotsubo is that when you think that never happens, it happens,” he said. “ So you never think that you would get a male patient with Takotsubo, but then you find it and this ...

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The authors describe how to diagnose and treat Takotsubo syndrome in a patient with COVID-19. This is the seventh installment of our 8-part series on cardiovascular complications in patients with ...

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC; also known as 'apical ballooning syndrome' or 'broken heart syndrome') was first described by Japanese investigators who observed regional hypokinesis of the left ...

In takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC), part of the left ventricle temporarily changes shape and becomes larger, often in response to intense emotional or physical stress. When this happens, it’s ...