Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

短语

别名

takotsubo cardiomyopathy takotsubo syndrome

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A type of nonischemic cardiomyopathy in which there is a sudden temporary weakening of the myocardium.

    不可数 医学

词源

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.

来源：wiktionary