Takotsubo cardiomyopathy or left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome is an acute cardiac syndrome precipitated by emotional stress. Patients present with chest pain, ecg changes and elevated cardiac enzymes consistent with acute myocardial infarction but have normal coronary arteries on coronary angiography. Here, we report a 29 year female patient who developed the disease after ingestion o...

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is an infrequent cardiac syndrome characterized by acute onset chest pain with apical ballooning on echocardiography. It is often triggered by severe emotional or physical stress, and in contrast to acute myocardial infarction (AMI), the regional wall motion abnormality returns to normal within days. Here, we describe a 62-year-old female who presented with acute ...

www.turner-white.com T akotsubo cardiomyopathy is a nonischemic cardiomyopathy characterized by reversible left ventricular dysfunction that is seen predominantly in postmenopausal women. Also known as stress-induced cardiomyopathy, broken heart syndrome, and transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome, it classically presents with signs and symptoms similar to those of an acute coron...

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC), also called stress cardiomyopathy, apical ballooning syndrome or broken heart syndrome, is a syndrome characterized by transient regional systolic dysfunction of the left ventricle (LV), mimicking myocardial infarction (MI), but in the absence of evidence of angiographic significant obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) or acute plaque rupture. In most cases o...

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is an uncommon clinical entity, also called apical ballooning syndrome, characterized by transient systolic dysfunction of the apical and/or mid segments of the left ventricle. We report a case that highlights takotsubo syndrome in the setting of thyrotoxicosis that required thyroidectomy. The association of takotsubo syndrome and hyperthyroidism has been reported befor...

Stress cardiomyopathy has an association with emotional or physical stressors and is found to be more common in postmenopausal women. It has a similar presentation as acute myocardial infarction. Involvement of apex at the initial presentation and recurrence at the mid ventricular segment is rare. We describe a case of a 46 year old female with apical involvement at the initial presentation but...

Stress cardiomyopathy—apical ballooning, tako-tsubo syndrome, or transient apical dyskinesia—is an intriguing condition of unknown etiology. It typically affects older women who, after an event causing physical or emotional stress, present chest pain and ST elevation on the anterior aspect of the ECG (although it may also show T-wave inversion, depressed ST, or normal findings). At presentation...