Observational study on Takotsubo-like cardiomyopathy: clinical features, diagnosis, prognosis and follow-up.

ABSTRACT: The present study attempts to identify appropriate elements that may contribute to clarify the broad clinical features (diagnosis, care, complication and prognosis) of Takotsubo-like cardiomyopathy for improving its management. Observational study. Primary level of care referred to the emergency department of Vannini Hospital, Rome, Italy. The study population consisted of 75 patients, 72 of the them were women and 3 were men with a mean age of 71.9±9.6 years. From February 2004 to November 2010, prospectively included 84 consecutive patients diagnosed for suspected Takotsubo-like cardiomyopathy. To be eligible, patients had to meet all the Mayo clinic criteria in the absence of neurological trauma or intracranial haemorrhage. Moreover, those patients that at follow-up still presented alte

SUBMITTER: Cacciotti L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3488753 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature