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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 The registry data also shows that a blood test for heart damage was positive in 95 percent of the patients. Cardiac catheterization detected heart motion abnormalities in all the patients. One patient died of acute heart failure.
Most patients who survived the first 48 hours experienced steady recovery and heart function was found to be normal in 29 of the 30 patients who had follow-up echocardiography within a few weeks.
"We don't know why some women develop this syndrome after what appears to be minimal stress, while other women experience severely stressful events but don't develop Takotsubo cardiomyopathy," Regnante said.
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It's likely that a surge of stress hormones is a factor. It's also possible that a blood clot temporarily blocks a major artery but then dissolves before it can be detected by doctors, he said.
Data from the registry was expected to be presented at a meeting of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, May 9-12, in Orlando, Fla.
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Johns Hopkins Medicine has more about broken heart syndrome.
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