Transient stress cardiomyopathy (TSC) is a unique cause of reversible left ventricle (LV) dysfunction with a presentation indistinguishable from the acute coronary syndromes (ACS), p...
Guidelines regarding TSC management are lacking because no prospective randomized clinical trials have been performed in this patient population. Therapeutic strategies are therefore based o...
Impairments in systolic function typically resolve in 2 to 3 days but may last as long as 1 month.
Patients should follow up with cardiology and serial echocardiog...
TSC is poorly recognized and often regarded as a benign condition. However, it may be associated with severe clinical complications including death, and its prevalence is likely undere...
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<bold>Fig CA 4-7 Alcoholic cardiomyopathy</bold>. Generalized cardiac enlargement that involves all chambers but has a left ventricular predominance. There is pulmonary vascular congestion and a right pleural effusion.
<bold>Fig CA 4-7 Alcoholic cardiomyopathy</bold>. Generalized cardiac enlargement that involves all chambers but has a left ve...
Morphologic features of the main types of cardiomyopathies. The normal geometry of the LV is shown. In comparison, there is enlargement and dilatation of the LV in DCM. In HCM, there is marked thickening of the LV wall, often asymmetric, with the septum being even thicker than the free wall of the LV. In restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM), the ventricular wall may be normal, hypertrophic, or slightly dilated, but the main feature is that the restriction to diastolic compliance of the ventricl...
Morphologic features of the main types of cardiomyopathies. The normal geometry of the LV is shown. In comparison, there is enlargement an...