ReviewJournal of cardiovascular development and disease2024
Takotsubo Syndrome and Coronary Artery Disease: Which Came First-The Chicken or the Egg?
Review in Journal of cardiovascular development and disease, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Superimposed Takotsubo syndrome and acute myocardial infarction: a systematic review and pooled analysis of published cases.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2026Review
- Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection and Takotsubo Syndrome: Converging Mechanisms, Diagnostic Pitfalls, and a Unified Clinical Algorithm.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Diagnostic Challenges in Takotsubo Syndrome: Bridging Mimics, Mechanisms, and Management.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Left anterior descending artery stenosis coexisting with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: Innocent bystander or underlying culprit?Radiology case reports · 2026Article
- Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: An Exploration of the Intersection Between Stress, Coronary Dysfunction, and Cardiac Outcomes.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Review
- Takotsubo cardiomyopathy with rapid left ventricular recovery unmasking asymptomatic but significant coronary artery disease: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2025Article
- The Role of Cardiac Troponin and Other Emerging Biomarkers Among Athletes and Beyond: Underlying Mechanisms, Differential Diagnosis, and Guide for Interpretation.Biomolecules · 2024Review
- Takotsubo Syndrome: An International Expert Consensus Report on Practical Challenges and Specific Conditions (Part-1: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges)Balkan medical journal · 2024Article
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- Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in patients with borderline stenosis of the left anterior descending artery and vasospastic angina: to stent or not to stent? A case report.European heart journal. Case reports · 2024Article
- Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Mimicking Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease Following Spinal Surgery.Cureus · 2024Article
- Resuscitation of a case of allergy, infarction, and ventricular fibrillation: Kounis syndrome type II and literature review.American journal of translational research · 2024Article
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13 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is a clinical condition characterized by temporary regional wall motion anomalies and dysfunction that extend beyond a single epicardial vascular distribution. Various pathophysiological mechanisms, including inflammation, microvascular dysfunction, direct catecholamine toxicity, metabolic changes, sympathetic overdrive-mediated multi-vessel epicardial spasms, and transitory ischemia may cause the observed reversible myocardial stunning. Despite the fact that TTS usually has an acute coronary syndrome-like pattern of presentation, the absence of culprit atherosclerotic coronary artery disease is often reported at coronary angiography. However, the idea that coronary artery disease (CAD) and TTS conditions are mutually exclusive has been cast into doubt by numerous recent studies suggesting that CAD may coexist in many TTS patients, with significant clinical and prognostic repercussions. Whether the relationship between CAD and TTS is a mere coincidence or a bidirectional cause-and-effect is still up for debate, and misdiagnosis of the two disorders could lead to improper patient treatment with unfavourable outcomes. Therefore, this review seeks to provide a profound understanding of the relationship between CAD and TTS by analyzing potential common underlying pathways, addressing challenges in differential diagnosis, and discussing medical and procedural techniques to treat these conditions appropriately.
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