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1Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA. madiasj@nychhc.org.
Abstract:
This viewpoint takes the position that the management of takotsubo syndrome (TTS) should not wait the elucidation of the pathophysiology of this mysterious malady but should move along the direction currently implemented for acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Accordingly, and since there is a current rekindled interest in the salutary effect of glucose-insulin-potassium (GIK) for the management of acute myocardial infarction, and in general of the broad domain of ACS, it is the opinion of this author that it is an opportune time for the same therapeutic principles, including GIK, applied for the broad domain of suspected ACS (in view of the prospective phase 3 IMMEDIATE-2 trial), to be considered for TTS.
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