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Table 1 Clinical physiology of the male and female subjects

From: Examination of gender differences in patients with takotsubo syndrome according to left ventricular biopsy: two case reports

 

Male

Female

Age (years)

> 70

> 80

Preceding stress

None

Fall

Catheter data

  

Catheter day

2017.6

2016.2

Coronary artery disease

None

None

Aorta (s/d/m), mmHg

141/86/102

127/71/96

Left ventricular pressure (s/d/m), mmHg

141/5/25

129/1/20

PCWP (s/d/m), mmHg

29/35/26

14/12/11

Pulmonary artery pressure (s/d/m), mmHg

39/26/32

33/14/21

Right ventricular pressure (s/d/m), mmHg

48/9/12

36/3/17

Right atrium pressure (s/d/m), mmHg

13/12/11

8/7/6

Cardiac index, L/min/m2

1.85

1.79

Laboratory data

  

Max CK during hospitalization, U/L

629

361

Max CK-MB during hospitalization, U/L

44

33

White blood cell count, /µL

14,200

12,800

Brain natriuretic peptide, pg/mL

52.6

38.7

Transthoracic echocardiography

Ejection fraction, %

38

56

Left ventricular diastolic diameter, mm

68

41

Left ventricular systolic diameter, mm

42

22

  1. PCWP, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure; s/d/m, systolic/diastolic/mean; CK, creatine kinase