Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy: The Role of Echocardiography.
- Author:
Jun Won LEE
1
;
Jang Young KIM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy; Echocardiography; Hemodynamics
- MeSH: Cardiomyopathies; Early Diagnosis; Echocardiography; Follow-Up Studies; Heart Failure; Hemodynamics; Shock; Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy; Thrombosis
- From:Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2011;19(1):7-12
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Echocardiography is widely used to carry out non-invasive cardiac evaluation at the bedside and provides useful real-time information about hemodynamics. It can also be used to diagnose a stress-induced cardiomyopathy and its complications such as shock, heart failure and apical thrombus. Early diagnosis and management are important to prevent possible complications, and short-term follow-up by echocardiography can readily determine the improvement in these abnormalities. In this brief review, we summarize the role of echocardiography in stress-induced cardiomyopathy, with a special focus on its benefits in the era of new emerging diagnostic technology.
