To the Editor:—I enjoyed reading the case report about Takotsubo cardiomyopathy after general anesthesia by Gavish et al. in the September 2006 issue of ANESTHESIOLOGY. It is noteworthy that another case report of postoperative Takotsubo-like left ventricular dysfunction that occurred in France was published in the same month in the September 2006 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia and was accompa...

Abstract Introduction Takotsubo syndrome is a clinical characterized by typical anamnestic features together with ECG and echocardiographic findings. Comparing the available literature not so many cases of takotsubo after pacemaker implantation can be found. Furthermore, there are only few articles talking about in these patient. The case we described allows to observe dynamic alterations patie...

We present a case of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy (TC) which is non ischemic cardiomyopathy. It stress related and also known as broken heart syndrome. The patient presented to our emergency department with symptoms chest pain breathlessness. was diagnosed acute coronary syndrome various tests including ECG, Screening ECHO, Coronary CT Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) were done before arriving at t...