Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
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Abstract

Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: A Brief Review on Pathogenesis, Clinical Presentation, Investigations, Management and Prognosis

Eaint Kay Khine Thein*

Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy (TC) has been increasingly recognized since first described in Japan 20 years ago by Dr. Sato and co-workers in 1991. The prevalence is 1.7%-2.2% among suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) patients and overall incidence is likely to be underestimated. It occurs mainly in postmenopausal women in the 7th-8th decades of life. It is also known as transient apical ballooning syndrome or broken heart syndrome.

Published Date: 2023-12-04; Received Date: 2023-10-25