Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-9880
ISSN: 2155-9880
Department of Cardiology, University Hospitals of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Short Communication
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: A Brief Review on Pathogenesis, Clinical Presentation, Investigations, Management and Prognosis
Author(s): Eaint Kay Khine Thein*
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy (TC) has been increasingly recognized since first described in Japan 20 years ago by Dr. Sato and co-workers in 1991. The prevalence is 1.7%-2.2% among suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) patients and overall incidence is likely to be underestimated. It occurs mainly in postmenopausal women in the 7th-8th decades of life. It is also known as transient apical ballooning syndrome or broken heart syndrome... View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2155-9880.23.14.864