Takotsubo disease, a stress induced cardiomyopathy mimicking acute coronary syndrome, increases the risk of heart failure and cardiac death. The authors show here that heart function and structure keep on deteriorating continuously after a single acute stress, this snowball effect being triggered by abnormalities incardiac metabolism.
- Thulaciga Yoganathan
- Mailyn Perez-Liva
- Bertrand Tavitian
