ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY LEADING TO STRESS INDUCED CARDIOMYOPATHY: A CASE SERIES IN 5 POST MENOPAUSAL WOMEN.

Abstract

(This article may be cited as Sharma V , Haupt  MT, Sallach S M . Estrogen deficiency leading to stress induced cardiomyopathy: A case series in 5 post menopausal women E-Journal of cardiology 2011;1(1):13.)

Takotsubo syndrome, also called stress induced cardiomyopathy, was firstdescribed two decades ago in Japan. It was named after the octopus fishing pot which depicts the constriction around the base of the ventricle. The highest incidence is in postmenopausal women, and proposed to be due to estrogen deficiency.