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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 ...

Aside from a heartbreak, other extreme stressful events that can cause takotsubo cardiomyopathy are loss of work, grieving ...

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

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The ECG findings in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy ― also known as stress-induced cardiomyopathy, broken-heart syndrome or apical-ballooning syndrome ― are nonspecific, meaning there is not one ...

Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy is characterized by transient left ventricular dysfunction after a stressful emotional or physical episode. Despite a sometimes severely impaired left ventricular ...

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Aims Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is characterized by rapid regeneration of contractile dysfunction. From recent studies it is known that excessive catecholamine levels due to emotional or ...