Progress in Stress Cardiomyopathy and Its Forensic Application.
- Author:
Xiao-wei ZHOU
;
Yun WANG YUN-YUN
;
S ANANDAS
;
Ru-xia YUAN
;
Hao-ran LI
;
Shao-hua ZHU
- Publication Type:Systematic Review
- MeSH:
Death, Sudden, Cardiac;
Diagnostic Imaging;
Electrocardiography;
Humans;
Myocardial Infarction;
Stress, Psychological;
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy/physiopathology*
- From:
Journal of Forensic Medicine
2015;31(5):377-380
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Stress cardiomyopathy is an atypical myocardial disease induced by emotional or physical stress, with the characteristic of left ventricular systolic dysfunction, transient imaging and electrocardiogram (ECG) changes. Sudden cardiac death can occur in severe cases. Clinical symptoms are likely to appear on acute myocardial infarction, but the exact pathological mechanism is unclear. In the present study, we perform a systematic review of the literature on the clinical manifestations, epidemiological characteristics, ECG, imaging and laboratory tests of stress cardiomyopathy, in order to provide the values for forensic pathology diagnosis.
