Variation in the clinical presentation of takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a non-referral hospital

Authors

  • Stefan Peters St.Elisabeth Hospital, Salzgitter, Germany

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17987/icfj.v5i0.182

Keywords:

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, clinical presentation

Abstract

The spectrum of clinical presentations of takotsubo cardiomyopathy is larger than once suspected. There are several pulmonary and neurological diseases that can aggravate leading to atypical takotsubo cardiomyopathy documented in a large collective of case reports from all all over the world. This varied distribution of patients’ presentations is illustrated by several cases.  The spectrum of takotsubo cardiomyopathy can be enlarged in non-acute and non-cardiac diseases leading to an increase of this diagnosis in a large number of patients.

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Published

2016-05-31

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Vol. 5 (2016)

Section

Review

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