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Preferred term

Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A transient left ventricular apical dysfunction or ballooning accompanied by electrocardiographic (ECG) T wave inversions. This abnormality is associated with high levels of CATECHOLAMINES, either administered or endogenously secreted from a tumor or during extreme stress.

Entry terms

  • Apical Ballooning Syndrome
  • Broken Heart Syndrome
  • Left Ventricular Apical Ballooning Syndrome
  • Stress Cardiomyopathy
  • Tako-tsubo Cardiomyopathy
  • Tako-tsubo Syndrome
  • Takotsubo Syndrome
  • Transient Apical Ballooning Syndrome

In other languages

  • French

  • Ballonisation apicale transitoire du ventricule gauche
  • Cardiomyopathie de tako-tsubo
  • Syndrome de ballonisation apicale transitoire du ventricule gauche
  • Syndrome de takotsubo

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-XKT3G7MX-L

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