Broken heart as work-related accident: Occupational stress as a cause of takotsubo cardiomyopathy in 55-year-old female teacher – Role of automated function imaging in diagnostic workflow

Broken heart as work-related accident: Occupational stress as a cause of takotsubo cardiomyopathy in 55-year-old female teacher – Role of automated function imaging in diagnostic workflow

Takotsubo cardiomiopathy (TTC) (known also as “ampulla cardiomyopathy,” “apical ballooning” or “broken heart syndrome”) is connected with a temporary systolic left ventricular dysfunction without the culprit coronary lesion. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy was first described in 1990 in Japan after octopus...

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Main Authors: Agnieszka Mielczarek, Jarosław Damian Kasprzak, Andrzej Marcinkiewicz, Małgorzata Kurpesa, Barbara Uznańska-Loch, Karina Wierzbowska-Drabik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine 2015-12-01
Series:International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health
Subjects:
occupational stress
takotsubo cardiomyopathy
broken heart syndrome
accident at work
automated function imaging
speckle tracking echocardiography
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