IMR Press / RCM / Volume 24 / Issue 10 / DOI: 10.31083/j.rcm2410300
Open Access Review
An Extensive Review on Imaging Diagnosis Methods in Takotsubo Syndrome
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1 University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, 050474 Bucharest, Romania
2 Cardiology Department, Elias Emergency Univeristy Hospital, 011461 Bucharest, Romania
*Correspondence: livia_trasca@yahoo.com (Livia Paduraru)
These authors contributed equally.
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2023, 24(10), 300; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2410300
Submitted: 28 March 2023 | Revised: 19 April 2023 | Accepted: 12 May 2023 | Published: 20 October 2023
Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Takotsubo Syndrome (TS) is an acute, reversible cardiac dysfunction, with complex, not entirely understood pathophysiology and heterogeneous clinical picture. Imaging methods each have a crucial role in the diagnosis, in-hospital management, short term and long term follow up. Coronary angiography needs to be performed, especially in the setting of a suspected acute coronary syndrome, in order to rule out coronary artery disease. Echocardiography plays a central role both in the acute and the chronic phase. It is the first imaging investigation performed in patients with TS, valuable to diagnose systolic dysfunction, the wall motion pattern and early complications. Cardiac magnetic resonance tissue characterization provides an essential role in the differential diagnosis of TS with other non-ischemic causes of systolic dysfunction. This review focuses on the imaging methods and the important part they play in the complex management of the disease.

Keywords
acute coronary syndrome
echocardiography
coronary angiography
cardiac magnetic resonance
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