Long-term outcomes in patients with Takotsubo syndrome

Recent highlights on acute myocardial infarction and takotsubo syndrome from the International Journal of Cardiology: Heart & Vasculature

“…Interestingly, the left ventricular sphericity index, a marker of left ventricular remodeling and reflective of geometric changes in the left ventricle, has been suggested as a rapid and reproducible diagnostic tool to discriminate between TTS and AMI in the acute phase [39] . Although an important characteristic of TTS is rapid and often complete recovery of left ventricular function once the acute phase of the syndrome has ended, the long-term clinical outcome remains uncertain [40] . In a large retrospective analysis, male sex and the presence of ventricular arrhythmias were demonstrated to constitute strong predictors of mortality in patients hospitalized with TTS, while atrial arrhythmias were associated with increased mortality in women [41] .…”