Short- and Long-Term Prognosis of COVID-19-Associated Versus Non-COVID-19 Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: A Propensity-Matched Nationwide Study
COVID-19-associated TCM is not linked to excess short-term mortality but carries higher risks of acute complications and significantly worse one-year survival, highlighting the persistent effects of COVID-19 after an acute infection.
Authors
- Simran Joshi
- Didien Meyahnwi
- Zachary Port (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5726-0335)
- Efeturi Okorigba
- Yussif Issaka
- Vanessa O Agberien
Institutions
- West Virginia University (US)
- Yale New Haven Hospital (US)
- Bridgeport Hospital (US)
- Yale University (US)
- Yale New Haven Health System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2026-01-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.101631
- Primary Topic
- Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Associated Phenomena
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00