%0 Journal Article
%T Domestic violence may trigger Takotsubo
%J American journal of medicine
%D 2015
%A Rich-Edwards, Janet W.
%A McCaw, Brigid R.
%A Lewis-O'Connor, Annie
%V 128
%N 4
%P e9-e9
%X <p>In the August 2014 issue of The American Journal of Medicine, Pelliccia et al discuss Takotsubo syndrome, or stress cardiomyopathy, a condition triggered by acute stress that affects almost exclusively women. While the authors claim that the stressful “triggers have been identified,” their list of triggers omits a potentially important and prevalent stressor in women's lives that merits closer attention: intimate partner violence.</p> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 0002-9343
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.10.051