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Takotsubo syndrome not as benign as thought to be

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eMediNexus    14 January 2019

A systematic review and Meta-Regression Study has shown relatively high rates of life-threatening complications such as acute heart failure (HF) with shock (19%) and malignant arrhythmias (10%), with in-hospital death occurring in 1.8% of cases of Takotsubo syndrome. One percent of the survivors had a recurrent episode. Long-term total mortality in each study was significantly associated with older age, physical stressor and the atypical ballooning form of Takotsubo syndrome. These findings are published Jan. 3, 2019 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Heart Failure.

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