Author/Authors :
Dhulipala, Vishal Department of Medicine - The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA , Bezwada, Prema Department of Cardiology - Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA , Gottimukkula, Rashika Department of Cardiology - Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital, New York, NY, USA , Abboud, Joseph Department of Cardiology -The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Abstract :
Stress-induced cardiomyopathy, also known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, presents as an acute coronary syndrome. However, the
physiology and pathogenesis are different. It is imperative to treat stress-induced cardiomyopathy as an acute coronary syndrome,
and once diagnosed, it is imperative to assess and treat heart failure and wait for the impaired myocardial energetics to resolve. At
times, the myocardial recuperation is quick that we miss the diagnosis of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
