Síndrome coronario atípico tras fallecimiento de un familiar
- Blanco-Fuentes, Urko 1
- Gil-Martín, Francisco-Javier 1
- 1 Servicio Vasco de Salud-Osakidetza, Emergencias, Euskadi, España
ISSN: 0304-4858, 2173-2302
Year of publication: 2019
Volume: 116
Issue: 3
Pages: 142-145
Type: Article
More publications in: Gaceta médica de Bilbao: Revista oficial de la Academia de Ciencias Médicas de Bilbao. Información para profesionales sanitarios
Abstract
Takotsubo syndrome is also known as stress-induced cardiomyopathy. It is a cardiomyopathy manifested by an acute coronary syndrome with prolonged angina at rest, electrocardiographic changes with subepicardial ischemia and characteristic echocardiographic behavior with transient apical dyskinesia. At present, the diagnosis of takotsubo cardiomyopathy is increasing in part due to the use of transthoracic echo-cardiography. It occurs mostly in women over 60 years of age, with few cardiovascular risk factors and preceded by physical or emotional stress. The predominant symptoms are chest pain (75%), dyspnea (47%) and syncope (7%). The disease is usually benign and usually leads to a good long-term prognosis.