This is the first part of a scientific statement from the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the
European Society of Cardiology focused upon the pathophysiology of Takotsubo syndrome …

Background To identify predisposing factors that can result in the onset of takotsubo
syndrome, we performed an international, collaborative systematic review focusing on …

Background Takotsubo syndrome is an acute cardiovascular condition that predominantly
affects women. In this study, we compared patients with takotsubo syndrome and those with …

Background: Takotsubo stress cardiomyopathy (TSC) is a syndrome characterized by
transient myocardial dysfunction with unknown etiology. Although recent studies have …

Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is identified as an acute severe ventricular systolic dysfunction,
which is usually characterized by reversible and transient akinesia of walls of the ventricle in …

Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is an acute cardiac condition independent of epicardial coronary
obstruction that mimics acute coronary syndrome and is characterized by acute heart failure …

Background Takotsubo syndrome is a unique transient cardiomyopathy. The pathogenesis,
management, and long-term prognosis of Takotsubo syndrome are incompletely …

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM), characterized by reversible ventricular dysfunction, has
similar mortality to acute coronary syndrome. With the growing interest in the diagnosis of …

In part 2 of this two-part manuscript on takotsubo syndrome (TTS), we discuss typical
biomarkers (particularly excess catecholamines and what kinds of electrocardiographic …

Abstract Background Although Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) generally occurs after a
stressful event out-of-hospital, it occasionally occurs secondary to acute medical illness after …