Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine (Dec 2021)

The role of invasive coronary physiology in Takotsubo Syndrome

  • Jeremías Bayón,
  • Miguel-Ángel Reyes,
  • Melisa Santás-Álvarez,
  • Rosa-Alba Abellás-Sequeiros,
  • Raymundo Ocaranza-Sánchez,
  • Carlos Gonzalez-Juanatey

DOI
https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2204141
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 4
pp. 1357 – 1360

Abstract

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The pathophysiology of Takotsubo Syndrome has not yet been precisely defined. Different hypotheses have been proposed, including cardiotoxicity due to catecholaminergic hormone release, metabolic disorders, coronary microvascular dysfunction and epicardial coronary artery spasm. Invasive coronary physiology is considered the cornerstone to understand physiological assessment of coronary blood flow in this setting. We have reviewed most important studies in coronary invasive physiology in this field to update the state of the art in TakoTsubo Syndrome.

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