What is Takotsubo(stress) Cardiomyopathy (TCM)/ Broken Heart Syndrome?

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy mimics acute coronary syndrome and is accompanied by reversible left ventricular apical ballooning in the absence of angiographically significant coronary artery stenosis.

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, which is transient and typically precipitated by acute emotional stress, is also known as “stress cardiomyopathy” or “broken-heart syndrome.”

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy has important implications because its clinical presentation mimics that of an acute coronary syndrome.

Increased awareness of takotsubo cardiomyopathy will likely result in its being diagnosed more frequently.

Herein, it is strived in this Booklet to describe the clinical presentation, pathophysiologic mechanisms, angiographic characteristics exhibited in this syndrome, history along with plenty of relevant IMAGES for better understanding and to review the existing literature and the reasons to conduct prospective studies needed to determine more accurately the incidence of takotsubo cardiomyopathy.

…Dr. H. K. Saboowala.

M.B.(Bom) .M.R.S.H.(London)