Persistent Long-Term Structural, Functional, and Metabolic Changes After Stress-Induced (Takotsubo) Cardiomyopathy

• Published in: Circulation (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 137; no. 10; pp. 1039 - 1048
• Main Authors: Scally, Caroline, Rudd, Amelia, Mezincescu, Alice, Wilson, Heather, Srivanasan, Janaki, Horgan, Graham, Broadhurst, Paul, Newby, David E., Henning, Anke, Dawson, Dana K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States by the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American Heart Association, Inc 06.03.2018; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Subjects: Aged; Case-Control Studies; Disease Progression; Energy Metabolism; Female; Heart Failure - epidemiology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Original s; Stress, Psychological - epidemiology; Surveys and Questionnaires; Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy - epidemiology; Time Factors; United States - epidemiology; Ventricular Function, Left; United States; cardiac energetics; broken heart syndrome; takotsubo; cardiopulmonary exercise testing; stress-induced cardiomyopathy

BACKGROUND:Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is an increasingly recognized acute heart failure syndrome precipitated by intense emotional stress. Although there is an apparent rapid and spontaneous recovery of left ventricular ejection fraction, the long-term clinical and functional consequences of takotsubo...