Takotsubo syndrome: State-of-the-art review by an expert panel – Part 1

• Published in: Cardiovascular revascularization medicine Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 70 - 79
• Main Authors: Dias, Andre, Núñez Gil, Ivan J., Santoro, Francesco, Madias, John E., Pelliccia, Francesco, Brunetti, Natale Daniele, Salmoirago-Blotcher, Elena, Sharkey, Scott W., Eitel, Ingo, Akashi, Yoshihiro J., El-Battrawy, Ibrahim, Franco, Emiliana, Akin, Ibrahim, Jaguszewski, Milosz, Dawson, Dana, Figueredo, Vincent M., Napp, L. Christian, Christensen, Thomas Emil, Hebert, Kathy, Ben-Dor, Itsik, Ozaki, Yuichi, García-Garcia, Héctor M., Kajita, Alexandre H., Akasaka, Takashi, Kurisu, Satoshi, Lerman, Amir, Waksman, Ron
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.2019
• Subjects: Catecholamine; Heart failure; Humans; Predictive Value of Tests; Prognosis; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Takotsubo; Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy - diagnostic imaging; Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy - epidemiology; Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy - physiopathology; Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy - therapy; Ventricular Function, Left; CRP; Heart failure; RV; BNP; LV; Catecholamine; miRs; ACS; Takotsubo; TTS; MACE; TIMI; STEMI

Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is an acute cardiac condition independent of epicardial coronary obstruction that mimics acute coronary syndrome and is characterized by acute heart failure with reversible ventricular motion abnormalities. This consensus paper is the result of a multinational effort aiming...