Stress cardiomyopathy: clinical features and outcomes

Stress cardiomyopathy: clinical features and outcomes

Objectives: To establish the prevalence, clinical features, and outcomes of the recently recognized stress cardiomyopathy whose physiopathology is still not completely clarified. Material and methods: The prevalence and clinical findings of stress cardiomyopathy were assessed in a group of 378 patients undergoing cinecoronariography for acute coronary syndromes during a 7-year period. The inclu...

Clinical Features and Outcomes of Takotsubo (Stress) Cardiomyopathy.

BACKGROUND The natural history, management, and outcome of takotsubo (stress) cardiomyopathy are incompletely understood. METHODS The International Takotsubo Registry, a consortium of 26 centers in Europe and the United States, was established to investigate clinical features, prognostic predictors, and outcome of takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Patients were compared with age- and sex-matched pati...

Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) (also known as apical ballooning syndrome or stress-induced transient left ventricular dysfunction) is a recently recognised condition which closely mimics the presentation of acute coronary syndrome. It is characterised by acute but rapidly reversible left ventricular (LV) dysfunction in the absence of obstructive coronary disease. TC was first described in a case...

Clinical Features and Outcomes of Suspected and Confirmed COVID-19 Patients in Saveh, Iran, 2020

 Background and purpose: The outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia is a major threat to global public health because it is very contagious and spreads quickly by human-to-human transmission. This study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics and outcome of patients infected with COVID-19 in Saveh, Iran. Materials and methods: A descriptive-analytical study was con...

Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy: Clinical Observations