Victoria L. Cammann

TL;DR: Patients with takotsubo cardiomyopathy had a higher prevalence of neurologic or psychiatric disorders than did those with an acute coronary syndrome and physical triggers, acute neurologics or psychiatric diseases, high troponin levels, and a low ejection fraction on admission were independent predictors for in-hospital complications.

TL;DR: The clinical expert consensus document part I summarizes the current state of knowledge on clinical presentation and characteristics of TTS and agrees on controversies surrounding TTS such as nomenclature, different TTS types, role of coronary artery disease, and etiology.

TL;DR: The clinical expert consensus statement on takotsubo syndrome (TTS) part II focuses on the diagnostic workup, outcome, and management and summarizes the diagnostic approach, which may facilitate correct and timely diagnosis.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that TTS can either be benign or a life-threating condition depending on the inciting stress factor, and a new classification based on triggers is proposed, which can serve as a clinical tool to predict short- and long-term outcomes of TTS.

TL;DR: Atypical TTS has different characteristics than typical TTS, including younger age of onset, more frequent ST-segment depression, higher prevalence of neurologic diseases, less pronounced reduction in left ventricular ejection fraction, and lower brain natriuretic peptide values on admission.