Hospital readmission following takotsubo syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is characterized by transient left ventricular dysfunction with symptoms and electrocardiographic changes mimicking acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The objective of this study was to evaluate in-hospital death and hospital readmission in patients with TTS and to compare outcomes to patients with AMI.

Methods and results

Patients diagnosed with TTS and AMI were identified using the United States Nationwide Readmission Database from 2010 to 2014. In-hospital outcomes for the index admission, and rates and causes of 30 day readmissions were compared between TTS patients and AMI patients without TTS. Sixty-one thousand, four hundred, and twelve patients with TTS and 3 470 011 patients with AMI without TTS were identified. Patients with TTS were y

SUBMITTER: Smilowitz NR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6440439 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature