Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

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• Initially, takotsubo cardiomyopathy resembles a myocardial infarction: there is chest pain and dyspnoea.
• The symptoms usually begin after an episode of severe emotional or physical stress. In about 1 out of 4 patients, no clear triggering factor can be identified.
• The patients are typically ≥ 60-year-old women.
• They should be hospitalized.
• Initial treatment should be given according to the guidelines for myocardial infarction because the two are difficult to distinguish.
• Once the diagnosis of takotsubo cardiomyopathy has been confirmed, treatment is similar to that of cardiac failure.
• Most patients recover completely within about a month but slightly less than 10% have complications, i.e. die or have a cerebral infarction.

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