Abstract

XU-CARRANZA, Daniel; RAMIREZ ALFARO, Christian  and  LIZANO-LORIA, Carlos Alonso. A Takotsubo syndrome and subarachnoid hemorrhage review. Acta méd. costarric [online]. 2025, vol.67, n.2, pp.48-57. ISSN 0001-6002.  http://dx.doi.org/10.51481/amc.v67i2.1540.

Patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage may develop takotsubo síndrome as a concomitant cardiovascular complication. This complication can be life-threatening or add a substantial burden of disease to the patient’s outcome. Therefore, this review is carried out with the intention of examining the pathophysiological mechanisms, clinical presentation, diagnostic studies and management of this entity.

Keywords : takotsubo syndrome; broken heart syndrome; stunned neurogenic myocardium; neurogenic stress cardiomyopathy; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy; Left Ventricular Outflow Obstruction; subarachnoid hemorrhage.

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