Epidemiology and pathophysiology of Takotsubo syndrome

YJ Akashi, HM Nef, AR Lyon - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2015 - nature.com
Takotsubo syndrome is an acute cardiac syndrome first described in 1990 and characterized
by transient left ventricular dysfunction affecting more than one coronary artery territory, often …

Takotsubo syndrome: a review of presentation, diagnosis and management

J Assad, G Femia, P Pender, T Badie… - Clinical Medicine …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Takotsubo Syndrome (TTS) is a condition of transient left ventricular dysfunction that is
typically triggered by emotional or physical stress. Since first described in Japan in 1990, it …

International expert consensus document on Takotsubo syndrome (part I): clinical characteristics, diagnostic criteria, and pathophysiology

JR Ghadri, IS Wittstein, A Prasad… - European heart …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is a poorly recognized heart disease that was initially regarded
as a benign condition. Recently, it has been shown that TTS may be associated with severe …

Acute and chronic psychological stress as risk factors for cardiovascular disease: Insights gained from epidemiological, clinical and experimental studies

HM Lagraauw, J Kuiper, I Bot - Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2015 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a leading cause of death worldwide and
identification and therapeutic modulation of all its risk factors is necessary to ensure a lower …

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: review of broken heart syndrome

B Boyd, T Solh - Jaapa, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as broken heart syndrome, apical ballooning
syndrome, or stress cardiomyopathy, occurs when a stressful emotional or physical event …

Genome-wide significant loci: how important are they? Systems genetics to understand heritability of coronary artery disease and other common complex disorders

JLM Björkegren, JC Kovacic, JT Dudley… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - jacc.org
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been extensively used to study common
complex diseases such as coronary artery disease (CAD), revealing 153 suggestive CAD …

The effect of Hurricane Sandy on cardiovascular events in New Jersey

JN Swerdel, TM Janevic, NM Cosgrove… - Journal of the …, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Hurricane Sandy made landfall in New Jersey (NJ) on October 29, 2012. We
studied the impact of this extreme weather event on the incidence of, and 30‐day mortality …

Medium-and long-term health effects of earthquakes in high-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Ripoll Gallardo, B Pacelli, M Alesina… - International journal …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Accurate monitoring of population health is essential to ensure proper recovery
after earthquakes. We aimed to summarize the findings and features of post-earthquake …

Impact of earthquake on cardiovascular health: what should cardiovascular healthcare providers anticipate after the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria?

ZA Dakhil, HA Farhan, F Faraz, MR Skuk… - Current Problems in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural disasters like earthquakes have direct and indirect association with major adverse
cardiac events. They can impact cardiovascular health by multiple mechanisms not to …

Contemporary review on the pathogenesis of takotsubo syndrome: the heart shedding tears: norepinephrine churn and foam at the cardiac sympathetic nerve …

Y Shams, R De Palma - International Journal of Cardiology, 2017 - Elsevier
Takotsubo syndrome (TS), an increasingly recognized acute cardiac disease entity, is
characterized by a unique pattern of circumferential and typically regional left ventricular …