Acute stress cardiomyopathy.

摘要: A unique syndrome of heart failure and transient left ventricular systolic dysfunction precipitated by acute emotional or physical stress has recently emerged in the medical literature. The is referred to several names, including cardiomyopathy, takotsubo apical ballooning syndrome, broken syndrome. Because most patients with cardiomyopathy present chest pain, electrocardiographic abnormalities, elevated cardiac enzymes, focal wall motion it not surprising that for years this went relatively unrecognized because physicians mistook myocardial infarction. As reports condition have increased worldwide during past 5 years, become clear clinical features can be readily distinguished from those an This article reviews discusses potential pathophysiologic mechanisms disorder.