To The Editor: I read with great interest the contribution by Suzuki et al, published online on November 28, 2013 ahead of print in the Journal,1 about the assessment of cerebral blood flow (CBF) in 3 consecutive patients with Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) and at follow-up, when myocardial function had recovered. This is the first evidence that CBF, and indirectly brain activity, is enhanced in the ...

I read with great interest the report by Murugiah et al. (1) and the accompanying editorial by Sharkey (2), published in JACC: Heart Failure, about the prevalence of Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) and some relevant particulars of patients in the United States, derived from the 2007 to 2012 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services dataset. The authors and the editorialist (1,2) refer to the important ...

More about seizure-triggered Takotsubo syndrome and SUDEP Response to the Letter by Madias et al. We appreciated to read the Letter to the Editor by Prof. Madias concerning ''Seizure-triggered Takotsubo syndrome rarely seems to cause SUDEP'' [1]. We do not agree with the statement that seizures after subarachnoid bleeding (SAB) are the most common central nervous system (CNS) trigger of TTS [2]...

To The Editor: I enjoyed reading the case report by Spadotto et al. published in issue 2 (2013) of the Journal about a 66-year-old woman with Takotsubo syndrome (TTS), involving the mid-apical segment of the left ventricle (LV), severe dynamic mid-ventricular gradient and mitral regurgitation, with systolic anterior motion of the anterior mitral leaflet caused by the hyperkinetic basal segments...

BACKGROUND Disrupted atherosclerotic plaques in the left anterior descending coronary artery are discussed controversially as a potential pathophysiological mechanism in Takotsubo syndrome (TTS). Therefore, the aim of the present study was to assess plaque burden and morphology by using optical coherence tomography in patients with TTS. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 23 consecutive TTS patien...

Chemotherapy is the mainstay of cancer management, and cardiologists are increasingly confronted with referrals of patients who have suffered cardiotoxic side effects from the employed drugs [1]. Among the many cardiac morbidities encountered is that of chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy (CIC) phenotype, with a varying response to therapy in terms of eventual full recovery, and the time requir...

The two cases of women in their mid-40s who experienced Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) in the setting of esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), reported by Yu et al. in the January issue of Clinical Endoscopy, are interesting because the patients were premenopausal, had midventricular TTS, were under conscious sedation, and did not appear to be under stress during the procedure. The first patient initiall...

Abstract Background Electrodiagnostic tests (EDXTs) have been considered the gold standard method for diagnosis of tarsal tunnel syndrome (TTS); however, definitive has not yet discovered. Our aim was to develop new nerve conduction provocative techniques in double and single leg stance as well combined ankle dorsiflexion with foot eversion accompanied by compression suspected TTS. Results Rout...

The paper describes the Blizzard Challenge 2009 participation of MARY TTS, an open-source TTS system using a unit selection voice. We briefly outline the new language support framework we provide so that people can add support for their languages to MARY TTS, and describe how that framework was used for building a Mandarin Chinese system and voice. The system performs well for English and reaso...

Technical Terms (TTs) and/or jargon embedded within technical documents can make it difficult or impossible to understand a document. This is why we would like to investigate a possibility of providing information for the TTs by linking them to relevant lexicon or encyclopedia pages. In this way, additional contextual information relating to the TTs shall be readily available and hopefully make...