Glucocorticoids for treating Takotsubo syndrome?

Takotsubo Syndrome

T akotsubo syndrome (TTS) is an acute heart failure syndrome that predominantly affects post-menopausal women. It is characterized by substantial morbidity and mortality, which equal those of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and are still underappreciated (1). TTS and ACS share many clinical features on admission, and an estimated 1% to 2% of all patients with suspected ACS are finally diagnosed ...

Role of glucocorticoids in treating croup.

Apical ballooning syndrome (Takotsubo Syndrome): case report

INTRODUCTION The apical ballooning syndrome (ABS) is a single reversible cardiomyopathy often triggered by a stressful event. We aimed to present a case report regarding this disorder. CASE PRESENTATION Here we present the case of a 77-year-old female hypertensive patient, sedentary and non-smoker, diagnosed with apical ballooning syndrome. We describe the clinical signs and symptoms, changes...

Takotsubo Syndrome: An Historical Perspective

For the past 25 years there has been an accelerating stream of literature reports on a pathological entity, called Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) (2,882 items in Pubmed, in response to the MeSH term “takotsubo”, as of 4/5/16),1 a term coined by Sato et al,2 and Dote and al,3 when they described in 1990 and 1991 respectively a transient left ventricular (LV) dysfunctional state, which make the angiogr...

[Takotsubo syndrome with coronary lesions].

Tako-Tsubo syndrome occurs predominantly in women over 60 years of age with a history of stress. The presentation resembles acute coronary syndrome, with electrocardiogram changes that normalize within 97-191 days.1 The echocardiogram shows decreased apical contractility with basal hyperkinesia and occasionally, intraventricular gradients,2 and the alterations return in 1-3 weeks. Enzyme elevat...