Abstract

SANCHEZ LLANOS, Pedro; SANCHEZ HERNANDEZ, Cristina; GARCIA ALONSO, Rafael  and  RIO CORDOVES, Irene del. Tako Tsubo's syndrome. Rev Clin Med Fam [online]. 2010, vol.3, n.2, pp.127-130. ISSN 2386-8201.

The Tako Tsubo syndrome or transient apical dyskinesia syndrome was first described in Japan in the 1990s¹. Is a rare condition 1% of all the patients with suspicion of acute coronary syndrome². It generally appears in post menopausal women with few cardiovascular risk factors³. It is characterized by anginal chest pain, electrocardiographic changes, elevation of the enzymes of myocardial injury², no coronary obstruction on angiography and a characteristic left ventricular antero apical dyskinesia that recovers to normal in a few days⁴. Severe emotional stress is the most common trigger for this syndrome⁵. The aethiopatogenesis of this syndrome has yet to be defined¹.

Keywords : Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy; Ventricular Dysfunction.

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