A 60-year-old woman with a history of symptomatic seizures secondary to a subarachnoid hemorrhage was admitted to hospital because of a generalized seizure. The following day, her electrocardiogram showed negative T waves in II, III, (a)V(F), and V(2-6), and the echocardiogram showed an impaired left ventricular ejection fraction with ventricular apical akinesia. Head magnetic resonance imaging...

Abstract A 66–year–old woman presented to medical attention for low back pain, weight loss and evening fever about 2 weeks, with concomitant mood deflection. Blood cultures were positive Streptococcus mutans. Lumbar spondylodiscitis was found on spinal MRI splenic infarction abdominal ultrasound. The echocardiogram revealed the presence of vegetations aortic valve, which severely regurgitant, t...

Mailing address: Antenor Portela Rua Aviador Irapuan Rocha, 2101/1002 64048-230 Teresina, PI, Brazil E-mail: [email protected] Received for publishing on 08/11/2004 Accepted on 01/21/2005 Takotsubo Cardiomiopathy is a rare cause of acute left ventricular aneurysm, in the absence of coronariopathy, only recently described in world literature. Symptoms may be similar to those from acute m...

Transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome is characterized by transient akinesis of the left ventricular apex with basal wall hyperkinesis; this is also known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. There are three distinct contractile LV patterns described in the literature: apical, midventricular, and basal ballooning. The apical ballooning pattern is the most frequent pattern. We describe t...

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is usually described following acute emotional stress. We report here the case of a 48-year-old woman admitted for acute coronary syndrome after an intensive squash match. Diagnosis of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy due to acute physical stress was suspected in presence of normal coronary arteries and transitory left ventricular dysfunction with typical apical ballooning. Car...

The authors report a 68-year-old white female with long-term systemic lupus erythematosus as well as morbid obesity, characterized by very elevated body mass index, who presented a classical picture of acute coronary failure ascribed to Takotsubo syndrome.

Takotsubo Syndrome is an acute heart failure that affects Predominantly posmenopausal women. It is similar to acute coronary syndromes with ST segment elevations, therefore, it’s estimated that 1% to 2% of all acute coronary syndromes are Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. There’s also a relation to physical and psychological stress factors, without an exact physiopathology [1]. A previous RETAKO trial,...