ReviewHeart failure reviews2024
Takotsubo pathophysiology and complications: what we know and what we do not know.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Bridging Minds and Hearts by Exploring the Comorbidities Between Anxiety, Depression, and Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Integrating Imaging Markers for Clinical Risk Stratification of Takotsubo Syndrome.The Canadian journal of cardiology · 2026Article
- Psychological and cognitive indicators of Takotsubo syndrome.Discover mental health · 2026Article
- Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: An Exploration of the Intersection Between Stress, Coronary Dysfunction, and Cardiac Outcomes.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Review
- Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy Following Kidney Transplant.JACC. Case reports · 2025Article
- Comparison of clinical features and outcomes of Chinese patients with Takotsubo syndrome and acute myocardial infarction-results from the first Chinese Takotsubo syndrome registry.Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy · 2025Article
- Shattered Hearts: Exploring Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Triggered by a Mechanical Fall in an 88-Year-Old Woman.Cureus · 2025Article
- Deciphering the Psychological Characteristics of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Acute Myocardial Infarction.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Article
- Takotsubo Syndrome: An International Expert Consensus Report on Practical Challenges and Specific Conditions (Part-1: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges)Balkan medical journal · 2024Article
- Takotsubo Syndrome: An International Expert Consensus Report on Practical Challenges and Specific Conditions (Part-2: Specific Entities, Risk Stratification and Challenges After Recovery)Balkan medical journal · 2024Article
- Incidence of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in patients with acute coronary syndrome: a single center retrospective analysis.The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology · 2024Article
- Teaching gender medicine can enhance the quality of healthcare.American heart journal plus : cardiology research and practice · 2024Article
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Abstract
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy or stress cardiomyopathy (SCM), was first described in 1990 and initially, it was thought to be only associated with short-term complications and mortality with a benign long-term prognosis comparable to a healthy population. However recent investigations have proven otherwise and have shown SCM patients might have comparable long-term morbidity and mortality to ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients. Many emotional, or physical stressors can trigger SCM, and have been able to describe an interplay of neurohormonal and inflammatory mechanisms as the pathophysiology of this disease. Additionally, given the significantly higher prevalence of SCM in post-menopausal women, estrogen levels have been thought to play a role in the pathogenesis of this disease. Furthermore, there is an elusive disparity in prognosis depending upon different triggers. Currently, many questions remain unanswered regarding the long-term management of these patients to reduce morbidity, mortality, and improve quality of life, such as the need for long-term anticoagulation. In this paper, we review the findings of most recent published investigations regarding etiologies, pathophysiology, diagnostic criteria, prognosis, short-term and in more detail, long-term complications of SCM. Finally, we will discuss what future research is needed to learn more about this disease to improve the long-term prognosis, even though as of now, data for long-term management is still lacking.
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