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Home Search Quick Search Advanced Fulltext Browse Collections Persons My eDoc Session History Login Name: Password: Documentation Help Support Wiki Direct access to document ID:	Institute: MPI für Herz- und Lungenforschung (W. G. Kerckhoff Institut)     Collection: Publikationen des W. G. Kerckhoff-Instituts     Display Documents ID: 354757.0, MPI für Herz- und Lungenforschung (W. G. Kerckhoff Institut) / Publikationen des W. G. Kerckhoff-Instituts Sympathoadrenergic overstimulation in Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy triggered by physical and emotional stress Authors: Nef, H. M.; Mollmann, H.; Hilpert, P.; Masseli, F.; Kostin, S.; Troidl, C.; Rolf, A.; Dill, T.; Weber, M.; Hamm, C.; Elsasser, A. Date of Publication (YYYY-MM-DD): 2007-08-16 Journal Abbrev.: Int J Cardiol Audience: Not Specified Abstract / Description: Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) which is usually precipitated by profound emotional stress has been widely reported in the past. Recently, several co-morbidities have been found to be associated with this new cardiac entity. In this case we report from a female patient suffering from both, physical and emotional stress. After a persistent episode of severe abdominal pain due to acute cholecystitis and recurrent events of emotional stress, characteristic features of TTC could be documented. Histopathological analysis documented characteristic structural alterations including contraction band necrosis. Thus, this case confirms the hypothesis of an overstimulated sympthatoadrenergic system in TTC resulting from both, severe physical and emotional stress. External Publication Status: published Document Type: Article Communicated by: N. N. Affiliations: MPI für physiologische und klinische Forschung Identifiers: URL:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=... The scope and number of records on eDoc is subject to the collection policies defined by each institute - see "info" button in the collection browse view.