English Explanatory Dictionary

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of nonischemic cardiomyopathy in which there is a sudden temporary weakening of the myocardium.
noun
  1. Alternative form of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Word forms

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy takotsubo syndrome

Etymology

Named in the 1990s by Japanese doctors who first recognised this disease, after the Japanese word 蛸壷 (takotsubo, “octopus pot/trap”), because of the unusual pot-like shape of the stricken heart in the disease.

Synonyms

apical ballooning cardiomyopathy stress cardiomyopathy transient apical ballooning syndrome
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