Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

English

Alternative forms
  • takotsubo cardiomyopathy
  • takotsubo syndrome
  • Takotsubo syndrome

Etymology

Named in the 1990s by Japanese doctors who first recognised this disease, after the Japanese word 蛸壷 (takotsubo, “octopus pot/trap”), because of the unusual pot-like shape of the stricken heart in the disease.

Noun

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (uncountable)

  1. A type of non-ischemic cardiomyopathy in which there is a sudden temporary weakening of the myocardium.

Synonyms
  • transient apical ballooning syndrome
  • apical ballooning cardiomyopathy
  • stress cardiomyopathy

Hyponyms
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