Open AccessWhat Truly Causes the Adverse Outcome in Tako-Tsubo Cardiomyopathy?
Author(s) -
Kan Liu,
Ronald J. Krone
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2014.03.011
Subject(s) - cardiomyopathy , medicine , adverse effect , outcome (game theory) , cardiology , heart failure , economics , mathematical economics
Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) can mimic acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and induce pump failure and hemodynamic instability. Misdiagnosing TTC as AMI might misdirect the therapy and cause further hemodynamic crisis. We read the paper by Citro et al. [(1)][1] in the February issue of iJACC [(
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