Impact of right ventricular involvement on the prognosis of takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Conclusion
The rates of in-hospital and long-term events were significantly higher in takotsubo cardiomyopathy with than without RV involvement, and RV involvement was the independent predictor of the poor prognosis.

Source: European Journal of Echocardiography - January 14, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Kagiyama, N., Okura, H., Tamada, T., Imai, K., Yamada, R., Kume, T., Hayashida, A., Neishi, Y., Kawamoto, T., Yoshida, K. Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research