BACKGROUND Stress-induced or tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is a rare acute cardiac syndrome characterized by transient left ventricular (LV) dysfunction of uncertain cause and outcome. This study sought to assess the long-term outcome of patients with TTC. METHODS One-hundred sixteen consecutive patients were prospectively included in the study and observed at long-term follow-up. Primary e...

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BACKGROUND The purpose of this review was to summarize the up-to-date knowledge on clinical presentation and management of neurocardiogenic injury and to deliver the evidence of common pathophysiology of this broad spectrum of disorders. METHODS Medline and EmBase databases were searched to obtain original research articles and review papers using the following key words: neurocardiogenic inj...

Article history: Received: 04 Jun 2011 Revised: 07 Aug 2011 Accepted: 20 Aug 2011

Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is a reversible cardiomyopathy characterized by acute left ventricular segmental dysfunction, whose clinical presentation resembles that of acute myocardial infarction. The syndrome often follows a psychophysical stressful event and is characterized by echocardiographic evidence of akinesia of the left ventricular mid-apical segments. Atypical echocardiographic p...

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