Publications by authors named "Salvador F Sena"
Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify the prevalence and clinical consequences of vitamin D insufficiency in patients with takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
Background: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a syndrome of acute, transient left ventricular dysfunction seen predominantly in postmenopausal women after acute emotional or physical stress. Postmenopausal women have a high prevalence of bone and musculoskeletal consequences related to hypovitaminosis D.