Do Patients with Histories of Takotsubo Syndrome Have Increased Long-Term Morbidity?

Yes, and not all of the morbidity is cardiovascular.

Takotsubo syndrome (TS), also known as stress cardiomyopathy, is a transient left ventricular dysfunction typically triggered by intense emotional or physical stress. For most patients, left ventricular function fully recovers within days to weeks. However, long-term survival after an episode of TS was reduced in several registry studies. To better understand long-term outcomes of TS, researchers assessed rehospitalizations of all patients in Scotland diagnosed with TS from 2010 through 2017 and followed until death or through May 2021, compared with two populations: (1) age-, sex-, and geographic location–matched normal controls and (2) patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

Hospital admission rates were similar between TS and AMI…

Reviewing Author

Karol E. Watson, MD, PhD, FACC

Disclosures

Consultant/Advisory BoardBoehringer Ingelheim; Amgen; Novartis; Lilly; Amarin

Speaker’s BureauBoehringer Ingelheim

Grant/Research SupportNIH

Editorial BoardsCirculation (Associate Editor)