Clinical and echocardiographic analysis of patients suffering from recurrent takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Ibrahim El-Battrawy,Uzair Ansari,Michael Behnes,Dennis Hillenbrand,Katja Schramm,Darius Haghi,Ursula Hoffmann,Theano Papavassiliu,Elif Elmas,Christian Fastner,Tobias Becher,Stefan Baumann,Christina Dösch,Felix Heggemann,Jürgen Kuschyk,Martin Borggrefe,Ibrahim Akin

Clinical and echocardiographic analysis of patients suffering from recurrent takotsubo cardiomyopathy

2016

Ibrahim El-Battrawy
Uzair Ansari
Michael Behnes
Dennis Hillenbrand
Katja Schramm
Darius Haghi
Ursula Hoffmann
Theano Papavassiliu
Elif Elmas
Christian Fastner
Tobias Becher
Stefan Baumann
Christina Dösch
Felix Heggemann
Jürgen Kuschyk
Martin Borggrefe
Ibrahim Akin

Background Recurrence of takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is a well-known complication. However, current literature lists only a few isolated cases. We aimed to determine the incidence and clinical significance of recurrent TTC.

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Internal medicine
Cardiology
Cardiomyopathy
Complication
Isolated cases
Clinical significance
Diabetes mellitus
Medicine
Differential diagnosis
Asthma
Mortality rate
past history

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