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Platelet function in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TK) includes a transient left ventricular dysfunction without obstructive coronary disease, sometimes after stressful situations with elevated cathecolamines. Since catecholamines activate platelets we aimed to study the platelet influence in a TK setting. We included 32 patients with a TK diagnosis, 13 with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and 18 healthy volunteers. Once consent informed was obtained, blood samples were extracted and processed (at admission and after 3 months follow-up). Clinical, ecg, echocardiographic and angiographic features were thoroughly recorded.Previous treatment before admission was similar between groups. No differences were observed in clinical features or any of the acute markers studied regarding platelet reactivity between TK compared to ACS. After follow-up, aggregation levels and platelet reactivity showed differences, mainly due to the antithrombotic therapy prescribed at discharge, but similar to volunteers. Circulating epinephrine during the acute phase was significantly higher in TK (p < 0.001). Patients with higher levels of epinephrine had elevated platelet activation and aggregation after 3 months. No differences were observed in Takotsubo acute platelet aggregation compared to patients with ACS, in spite of higher blood levels of adrenaline. Takotsubo patients had elevated platelet aggregation and activation compared with ACS patients at 3 months follow-up because they were less frequently on chronic clopidogrel and ASA. However, they had similar platelet aggregation and activation levels to healthy volunteers despite treatment with low-dose ASA. Takotsubo patients who had higher levels of adrenaline in the acute phase displayed increased platelet reactivity during follow-up.

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With the kind support of Mutua Madrileña Automovilista (Grant FMM08).

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  1. Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain

    Iván J. Núñez-Gil, Esther Bernardo, Gisela Feltes, Javier Escaned, Hernán D. Mejía-Rentería, José Alberto De Agustín, David Vivas, Luis Nombela-Franco, Pilar Jiménez-Quevedo, Carlos Macaya & Antonio Fernández-Ortiz

  2. Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Iván J. Núñez-Gil, Javier Escaned, Carlos Macaya & Antonio Fernández-Ortiz

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Núñez-Gil, I.J., Bernardo, E., Feltes, G. et al. Platelet function in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. J Thromb Thrombolysis 39, 452–458 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11239-014-1109-y

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