Toni Pätz, Francesco Santoro, Rosa Cetera, Ilaria Ragnatela, Ibrahim El-Battrawy, Matthias Mezger, Elias Rawish, Mireia Andrés-Villarreal, Manuel Almendro-Delia, Manuel Martinez-Sellés, Aitor Uribarri, Alberto Pérez-Castellanos, Federico Guerra, Giuseppina Novo, Enrica Mariano, Maria Beatrice Musumeci, Luca Arcari, Luca Cacciotti, Roberta Montisci, Ibrahim Akin, Holger Thiele, Natale Daniele Brunetti, Oscar Vedia, Ivan J Núñez-Gil, Ingo Eitel, Thomas Stiermaier
Background Takotsubo syndrome is usually triggered by a stressful event. The type of trigger seems to influence the outcome and should therefore be considered separately. Methods and Results Patients included in the GEIST (German-Italian-Spanish Takotsubo) registry were categorized according to physical trigger (PT), emotional trigger (ET), and no trigger (NT) of Takotsubo syndrome. Clinical characteristics as well as outcome predictors were analyzed. Overall, 2482 patients were included. ET was detected in 910 patients (36...
July 8, 2023: Journal of the American Heart Association