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Variation in the clinical presentation of takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a non-referral hospital
Author(s) -
Stefan Peters
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international cardiovascular forum journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2410-2636
pISSN - 2409-3424
DOI - 10.17987/icfj.v5i0.182
Subject(s) - cardiomyopathy , medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , referral , cardiology , takotsubo syndrome , intensive care medicine , heart failure , surgery , family medicine
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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