Vagotonia, cancer, and fluid depletion in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: the "not" good, the bad and the ugly

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Jan 20:179:193-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.10.174. Epub 2014 Nov 11.

Authors

Luisa De Gennaro¹, Natale Daniele Brunetti², Massimo Ruggiero¹, David Rutigliano¹, Cosimo Campanella¹, Francesco Santoro³, Andrea Igoren Guaricci⁴, Matteo Di Biase³, Pasquale Caldarola¹

Affiliations

¹ Cardiology Department, Ospedale San Paolo, Bari, Italy.
² Department of Medical & Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Italy. Electronic address: natale.brunetti@unifg.it.
³ Department of Medical & Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Italy.
⁴ Cardiology Department, Ospedali Riuniti, Foggia, Italy.

PMID: 25464443
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.10.174

No abstract available

Keywords: Cancer; Fluid depletion; Stress cardiomyopathy; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy; Vagotonia.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Stress, Psychological / complications*
Stress, Psychological / diagnosis*
Swimming*
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / diagnosis*
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / etiology*