Broken Heart Syndrome in a Patient on Maintenance Hemodialysis

• Main Authors: Sukhdeep Bhogal MD (Author), Vatsal Ladia MD (Author), Puja Sitwala MD (Author), Kailash Bajaj MD (Author), Vijay Ramu MD (Author), Timir Paul MD, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Context: Broken heart syndrome or Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) is a disorder characterized by transient left ventricular apical ballooning that almost invariably precedes emotional or physical stress. Although the patients with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis have shown to exhibit sustained...