TY - JOUR
T1 - Diagnostic criteria, left ventricular thrombosis, and QT-interval in Takotsubo syndrome
AU - Santoro, Francesco
AU - Stiermaier, Thomas
AU - Tarantino, Nicola
AU - Guastafierro, Francesca
AU - Graf, Tobias
AU - Möller, Christian
AU - Di Martino, Luigi F.M.
AU - Thiele, Holger
AU - Di Biase, Matteo
AU - Eitel, Ingo
AU - Brunetti, Natale Daniele
PY - 2018/5/1
Y1 - 2018/5/1
N2 - We are grateful for the opportunity to reply to the letter from Mert et al. [1], arguing that the entire study population might not fulfill the TTS diagnostic criteria due to the absence of data on catecholamine levels and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI) [2]. However, enrolled criteria were the most updated at admission time [3]; catecholamine levels were measured only to exclude the presence of pheochromocytoma after an endocrinological evaluation, while cMRI was performed in all institutions to exclude myocarditis.
AB - We are grateful for the opportunity to reply to the letter from Mert et al. [1], arguing that the entire study population might not fulfill the TTS diagnostic criteria due to the absence of data on catecholamine levels and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI) [2]. However, enrolled criteria were the most updated at admission time [3]; catecholamine levels were measured only to exclude the presence of pheochromocytoma after an endocrinological evaluation, while cMRI was performed in all institutions to exclude myocarditis.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.01.069
DO - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.01.069
M3 - Letters
C2 - 29544946
AN - SCOPUS:85043461609
SN - 0167-5273
VL - 258
JO - International Journal of Cardiology
JF - International Journal of Cardiology
ER -