Percutaneous treatment of superior vena cava obstruction after surgery for a sinus venosus atrial septal defect with partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage.

complete EKG and TTE normalization (see video in supplementary files). Our patient did not have any of the usual precipitating events of Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy. The stress induced by high-intensity vomiting may have produced an increase in circulating catecholamines with direct cardiac toxicity.2 In the last 15 years, several cases of sudden cardiac death have been reported in patients with unsuspected achalasia diagnosed at autopsy.3 Although prognosis of Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy is usually good, lifethreatening complications and sudden cardiac death may occur during the acute phase. Our case suggests that severe achalasia may be a precipitating event that can Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.