Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Elderly Adults: Still a Benign Condition?

Authors :: Núñez‐Gil, Iván J.
Sionis, Alessandro
Andrés, Mireia
Almendro Delia, Manuel
Martin, Ana
Lozano, Álvaro
Córdoba Soriano, Juan Gabriel
Linares Vicente, José A.
González Sucarrats, Silvia
Sánchez Grande Flecha, Alejandro
Mejía‐Rentería, Hernán D.
Biagioni, Corina
Feltes, Gisela
Barrabés, José A.
Figueras, Jaume
Andrés, Oscar Fabregat
Ridocci‐Soriano, Francisco
Mejía, Hernán D.
Feltes Guzmán, Gisela I.
Cambra, Alberto Duran
Source :: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; Feb2015, Vol. 63 Issue 2, p404-407, 4p, 1 Graph
Publication Year :: 2015
Abstract: The article discusses takotsubo cardiomyopathy in elderly adults. Details are presented about an analysis of health records for 343 people with takotsubo syndrome. The author concludes that older adults with this condition have prognoses worse than that for the general population, and should be made subject to greater surveillance during and after their time in the hospital.

Subjects :: AGE distribution
LONGITUDINAL method
SURVIVAL analysis (Biometry)
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
TAKOTSUBO cardiomyopathy
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