Does vulnerability to sympathetic stress persist in takotsubo stress cardiomyopathy?
We found no difference in standard diastolic parameters between TSC and control subjects, but a significant higher value in LV-MPI in the TSC group at rest. However, no such difference could be demonstrated during DSE between the groups, indicating that vulnerability to sympathetic stimulation does not persist in TSC patients.
IDH and SDH are frequent findings in the perinatal and pediatric autopsy. SDH was associated with a DIDH and was also frequently associated with hypoxia. Focal IDH was not identified at the PM MRI; it was associated with hypoxia (on MRI and/or on histology) in less than a quarter of cases. Our results exhibit an association between IDH, SDH and hypoxia in children dying of natural causes. The highest incidence is seen in the perinatal period.