Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and myopericarditis: Unraveling the inflammatory hypothesis

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Oct 1:196:168-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.05.175. Epub 2015 Jun 2.

Authors

Nauman Khalid¹, Sarah Aftab Ahmad², Affan Umer³, Lovely Chhabra⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, USA. Electronic address: naumankhalid84@hotmail.com.
² Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, TX, USA.
³ Saint Francis Hospital, University of Connecticut Health Center, Hartford, CT, USA.
⁴ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, USA.

PMID: 26114444
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.05.175

No abstract available

Keywords: Association; Inflammation; Inflammatory hypothesis; Myocarditis; Myopericarditis; Pericarditis; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Myocarditis / complications*
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / etiology*