Mortality in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy should also be accounted based on predisposing etiology

Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy related to Pheochromocytoma or Other Etiology Should Be Considered as Similar

Choi et al. compared 20 patients with definite pheochromocytoma and various cardiac manifestations to 20 controls with Takotsubo after intense emotional stress. However, the usual diagnostic criterion for Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is self-improvement and (complete or near complete) correction of motion abnormalities. Did the patients have to demonstrate this correction to be included in the Tako...

mortality forecasting based on lee-carter model

over the past decades a number of approaches have been applied for forecasting mortality. in 1992, a new method for long-run forecast of the level and age pattern of mortality was published by lee and carter. this method was welcomed by many authors so it was extended through a wider class of generalized, parametric and nonlinear model. this model represents one of the most influential recent d...

Should Priority Setting Also Be Concerned About Profound Socio-Economic Transformations? A Response to Recent Commentary

Stress Cardiomyopathy (Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy)

BACKGROUND Due to the rise in the number of reports of stress cardiomyopathy in the literature, awareness of this condition is increasing. Although different names have been used to describe this condition, the similarities in clinical, electrocardiographic, echocardiographic, and angiographic features suggest that they represent the same spectrum of diseases with different underlying causes. T...

Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

Since the first report in 1990, takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) has been increasingly recognized as a novel form of nonischemic acute cardiomyopathy. It is an important differential in diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) due to its similar presentation. However, it distinguishes itself from an ACS in the fact that regional wall motion abnormalities extend beyond a single coronary vascular...