Etymology

takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Today it means: A type of nonischemic cardiomyopathy in which there is a sudden temporary weakening of the myocardium. Full definition →

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Named in the 1990s by Japanese doctors who first recognised this disease, after the Japanese word 蛸壷 (takotsubo, “octopus pot/trap”), because of the unusual pot-like shape of the stricken heart in the disease.

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