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. 2017 Sep 13;70(1):165–174. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2017.09.005

Table 2.

Clinical Profile of Takotsubo Syndrome.

Parameter Templin et al.10
Ghadri et al.11
Broken Heart Happy Heart
Total number of patients 1750 460 20
Women% 89.8 74.5 75
Mean Age (yrs) 66.8 65 71.4
Chest Pain (%) 75.9 72.2 89.5
Dyspnoea (%) 46.9 46.6 26.3
Cardiac Shock (%) 9.9 3.7 NONE
ECG ST elevation (%) 43.7 44.5 50
Mean EF (%) 40.7 42.6 40.2
Co-existing neurologic/psychiatric illness (%) 46.8 Not described Not described
Triggers (%) 87.3 100
Emotional 28.7
Physical 36
Coronary angiography Normal 85% Normal Normal
Co-Existing CAD 15%
LV wall motion akinesia pattern (%)
Apical 81.7 79.8 65
Mid-Ventricular 14.6 16.3 35
Basal 2.2 1.9
Focal 1.5 1.9
Mortality (%) 4.1 1.1 None

(ECG: electrocardiogram, EF–ejection fraction, LV–left ventricle).