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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Dima Nimri, M.D. [2]

Overview

Treatment of stress cardiomyopathy is mostly supportive and medications are used to treat complications. There is no role for surgery in the treatment of stress cardiomyopathy.

Surgery

  • Treatment of stress cardiomyopathy is mostly supportive and medications are used to treat complications.[1][2]
  • There is no role for surgery in the treatment of stress cardiomyopathy.

References

  1. Omerovic E (2011). "How to think about stress-induced cardiomyopathy?--Think "out of the box"!". Scand. Cardiovasc. J. 45 (2): 67–71. doi:10.3109/14017431.2011.565794. PMID 21401402.
  2. Brenner ZR, Powers J (2008). "Takotsubo cardiomyopathy". Heart Lung. 37 (1): 1–7. doi:10.1016/j.hrtlng.2006.12.003. PMID 18206521.

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