Role of echocardiography in tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy: beyond diagnosis?

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2014 Feb;7(2):130-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2013.09.021.

Authors

John D Horowitz¹, Thanh H Nguyen²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Basil Hetzel Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia. Electronic address: john.horowitz@adelaide.edu.au.
² Department of Cardiology, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Basil Hetzel Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.

PMID: 24524742
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2013.09.021

No abstract available

Keywords: acute heart failure; cardiogenic shock; stress cardiomyopathy; tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Female
Heart Failure / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Failure / mortality*
Hospital Mortality*
Humans
Male
Shock, Cardiogenic / diagnostic imaging*
Shock, Cardiogenic / mortality*
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / diagnostic imaging*
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / mortality*
Ultrasonography