Highlights
- •Trigger factors are common in young females and in males with takotsubo syndrome.
- •Physical is more common than emotional trigger factors in takotsubo syndrome.
- •Physical trigger factors are common in young females with takotsubo syndrome.
- •Physical trigger factors are common in males with takotsubo syndrome.
Abstract
Introduction
Takotsubo syndrome is an acute heart failure syndrome often preceded by a trigger
factor of physical or emotional origin, although the proportion is unclear. The aim
of the present study was to determine how common different trigger factors are in
takotsubo syndrome divided by sex and age in women.
Material and methods
The study consisted of a systematic review of all available case reports in PubMed
and Web of Science up to March 2018. Trigger factors were categorized into physical
and emotional trigger factors.
Results
Males had to a higher degree experienced a trigger factor (92.6%) compared to females
(81.9%, p < .001). Physical trigger factors were most common (67.3%). Males had to
a higher degree experienced a physical trigger factor (85.7%) compared to females
(63.5%, p < .001). Females ≤50 years of age had to a higher degree experienced a trigger
factor (90.8%) compared to females >50 years of age (79.2%, p < .001). Additionally,
females ≤50 years of age had to a higher degree experienced a physical trigger factor
(75.6%) compared to females >50 years of age (59.3%, p < .01).
Conclusion
A physical trigger factor is more common than an emotional trigger factor in takotsubo
syndrome. Physical triggers includes drugs, surgery and central nervous system conditions.
Furthermore, females ≤50 years of age and males more often have an evident trigger
factor and it is more often physical, compared to the most common patient, a female
>50 years of age.
Keywords
Abbreviations:
βAR (Beta adrenergic receptor), CAD (coronary artery disease), COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), SNS (sympathetic nervous system)To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: March 02, 2019
Accepted:
February 23,
2019
Received in revised form:
February 20,
2019
Received:
October 11,
2018
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