ArticleBiology of sex differences2025
Psychosocial and clinical characteristics in Takotsubo syndrome.
Article in Biology of sex differences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- The Takotsubo Syndrome: Where the Sympathetic Stress Reflex and the Dive Reflex Conflict.Cureus · 2026Article
- Social determinants of health and sex differences: insights from NIH Specialized Centers of Research Excellence (SCORE).Biology of sex differences · 2026Article
- When a Woman's Heart Fails to Contain: Takotsubo Syndrome as a Gendered Collapse of Emotional Regulation.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundTakotsubo Syndrome (TTS) is an acute form of heart failure that disproportionately impacts post-menopausal women. The brain-heart connection is considered a pathway for TTS pathophysiology leading to investigations of the role of psychological, psychosocial, and personality factors in TTS.
objectivesWe compare psychosocial characteristics among a subset of individuals with confirmed TTS and those who had symptoms adjudicated as non-TTS in our online Takotsubo registry (n = 104). We also evaluate differences in TTS clinical characteristics among those with and without symptoms of PTSD and depression.
methodsThe Smidt Heart Institute Takotsubo registry enrolls individuals with a history of TTS sourced through physician referrals, medical records review, peer- and self-referrals. Psychosocial characteristics were assessed using questionnaires validated in acute coronary syndrome populations. Hedge's g effect sizes were computed to compare differences in perceived stress, depression symptoms, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms relative to TTS status.
resultsCompared to participants confirmed to be non-TTS, those with adjudication-confirmed TTS had worse mean psychosocial scores (indicative of worse psychosocial characteristics). After adjusting for age at event, BMI, race, and smoking status, the Hedge's g effect size for depressive symptoms was moderate [0.60 (-0.03, 1.22)] while effect sizes for other psychosocial measures were minimal (Trait anxiety: [0.01 (-0.58, 0.60)], PTSD symptoms [0.13 (-0.46, 0.73)], perceived stress [0.06 (-0.53, 0.65)]. Effect sizes were relatively lower following adjustment, largely driven by participants' age at first event. Individuals with elevated PTSD symptoms were significantly younger at their first TTS event compared to those with minimal or no symptoms (54 ± 8 vs. 61 ± 10; p = 0.005). QTc was relatively longer among individuals with elevated PTSD symptoms (483 ± 40 msec vs. 465 ± 32 msec; p = 0.08) and elevated depressive symptoms (481 ± 33 msec vs. 464 ± 36 msec; p = 0.07), although the differences were not statistically significant.
conclusionsPsychosocial characteristics including PTSD, depression, and stress are common among women with TTS, and age at the time of TTS event is a potentially important moderator of this relationship. We did not find Trait-anxiety or early childhood trauma to be associated with TTS in our cohort.
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