Initial forensic evaluation of Takotsubo syndrome and its causal relationship to a traumatic event

Arch Cardiovasc Dis. 2018 Dec;111(12):703-706. doi: 10.1016/j.acvd.2018.09.001. Epub 2018 Nov 12.
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Keywords: Causal relationship; Forensic evaluation; Imputabilité médicale; Medical expert; Médecin expert; Syndrome de Takotsubo; Takotsubo syndrome (TTS); Traumatic event; Évaluation médicolégale; Évènement traumatique.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Cause of Death
  • Crime Victims / psychology*
  • Crime*
  • Expert Testimony
  • Forensic Pathology*
  • Hospital Mortality
  • Humans
  • Prognosis
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Factors
  • Stress, Psychological / diagnosis
  • Stress, Psychological / etiology*
  • Stress, Psychological / mortality
  • Stress, Psychological / psychology
  • Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / diagnosis
  • Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / etiology*
  • Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / mortality
  • Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / physiopathology
  • Time Factors
  • Ventricular Function, Left*