Systolic and Diastolic Mechanics in Stress Cardiomyopathy | Zendy

Keith Medeiros | Zendy; Mark J. O’Connor | Zendy; Catalin F. Baicu | Zendy; Timothy P. Fitzgibbons | Zendy; P.W. Shaw | Zendy; Dennis A. Tighe | Zendy; Michael R. Zile | Zendy; Gerard P. Aurigemma | Zendy

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Systolic and Diastolic Mechanics in Stress Cardiomyopathy

Author(s) -

Keith Medeiros,

Mark J. O’Connor,

Catalin F. Baicu,

Timothy P. Fitzgibbons,

P.W. Shaw,

Dennis A. Tighe,

Michael R. Zile,

Gerard P. Aurigemma

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.113.002781

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiomyopathy , cardiology , diastole , heart failure , blood pressure

Stress cardiomyopathy (SCM) is a peculiar form of reversible left ventricular dysfunction seen predominantly in women and occurs in response to emotional or physical stress. Because dysfunction in SCM is reversible and that of acute myocardial infarction (MI) is not, we hypothesized that these fundamental mechanistic differences between SCM and MI would be associated with different systolic and diastolic properties.

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