The Role of Emotional Stress in Patients With Stress-induced Cardiomyopathy

University of Magdeburg

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02361073

UM-PC-0813

Details and patient eligibility

About

The event-related potentials may be different in patients with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy than in patients without Takotsubo.

Full description

In patients with Takotsubo diagnosed by coronary angiography, the event-related potentials are investigated and compared with a control group, which consists of subjects without Takotsubo.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age >18 years
• Written informed consent
• Takotsubo cardiomyopathy for group 1. ACS for group 3.

Exclusion criteria

• Psychiatric diseases
• Impaired versus, non compliant patients, heart disease for group 2.
• Takotsubo-like syndrome.

Trial design

30 participants in 3 patient groups

Takotsubo

Healthy

ACS