Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Literature review: concept, epidemiology, pathogenesis. Part I

Abstract

Up-to-date data on the problem of takotsubo cardiomyopathy, including key issues of epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic criteria, and general pathophysiological mechanisms of the disease is presented in review.

Keywords

• takotsubo syndrome
• epidemiology
• pathogenesis
• pathomorphology