Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis-Associated Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Survival After Ventricular Fibrillation Arrest

The role of inflammation in stress cardiomyopathy

“…Several case reports have associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) with SC. [44,45] HLH is described by multi-organ damage as a result of an acute systemic inflammation. In HLH, the activated macrophages and histocytes phagocytise other blood cells.…”