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Renal dysfunction in Takotsubo syndrome—role of segmental left ventricle strain analysis

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Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is a peculiar clinical condition often resembling an acute coronary syndrome and mostly affecting postmenopausal women. We sought to describe the prevalence of acute kidney injury and… Click to show full abstract

Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is a peculiar clinical condition often resembling an acute coronary syndrome and mostly affecting postmenopausal women. We sought to describe the prevalence of acute kidney injury and acute renal failure in TTS patients during index event and assess the usefulness of speckle tracking echocardiography in predicting subjects at risk of developing acute kidney insult.

Keywords: renal dysfunction; role segmental; segmental left; syndrome role; takotsubo syndrome; dysfunction takotsubo

Journal Title: Echocardiography
Year Published: 2019

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