Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
Meaning
Noun
- A type of non-ischemic cardiomyopathy in which there is a sudden temporary weakening of the myocardium.
Related
Similar words
- transient apical ballooning syndrome
- apical ballooning cardiomyopathy
- stress cardiomyopathy
Narrower meaning words
Origin
- Named in the 1990s by Japanese doctors who first recognised this disease, after the Japanese word 蛸壷, because of the unusual pot-like shape of the stricken heart in the disease.
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