The modern theory of stress, initially proposed by Hans Selye in 1956, signifies an important
development in our understanding of this phenomenon. Selye's The Stress of Life serves as …

We read the paper of the Italian multi-centric study which investigates the potential relation
between hypertension and Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC). 1 We previously hypothesized …

Myocardial remodeling is developed by increased stress in acute or chronic
pathophysiologies. Stressed heart morphology (SHM) is a new description representing …

We read the recent interesting article by Marciniak et al.[1] describing the details of septal
curvature in basal septal hypertrophy (BSH). This imaging finding is also a conjunctive point …

Takotsubo syndrome is a relatively frequent clinical entity presenting typically as an acute
coronary syndrome in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease and characterized …

Basal septal hypertrophy is a rare and unique anatomical finding associated with
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). It is also described as a sigmoid hypertrophy and is …

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy or stress cardiomyopathy (SCM), was first described in 1990 and
initially, it was thought to be only associated with short-term complications and mortality with …

Background Stress-induced cardiomyopathy (SCM) is characterized by transient apical wall
motion abnormalities of the left ventricle (LV) in the absence of obstructive coronary artery …

452 Correspondence Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography April 2021
abnormalities are present in patients with TCM and can be understood by assessing GLS …

Background Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is characterized by a transient regional wall motion
abnormality mimicking acute coronary syndrome. As a possible adaptive response, patients …