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.
Also Known As:
Apical Ballooning Syndrome; Broken Heart Syndrome; Left Ventricular Apical Ballooning Syndrome; Stress Cardiomyopathy; Takotsubo Syndrome; Transient Apical Ballooning Syndrome; Cardiomyopathy, Stress; Cardiomyopathy, Tako-Tsubo; Cardiomyopathy, Takotsubo; Syndrome, Tako-Tsubo; Tako Tsubo Cardiomyopathy; Tako Tsubo Syndrome; Tako-Tsubo Cardiomyopathies; Tako-Tsubo Syndromes; Tako-Tsubo Cardiomyopathy; Tako-Tsubo Syndrome