Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Psychiatric Illness: Redefining the Relationship

Authors

  • Hannah Masoud 1. St. George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17987/icfj.v5i0.343

Abstract

Physicians who encounter patients in the emergency department with chest pain, palpitations, or shortness of breath may often find it difficult to differentiate diagnosis of panic attacks from acute coronary syndrome or Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy. Redefining and understanding the pathophysiological relationship of psychiatric illness including anxiety, depression, or panic attacks and Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy may help clinicians implement a more effective and beneficial model of care for this affliction that is being found to be increasingly more common in today’s age.

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2016-05-31

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