This is a case report of a female presenting originally with clinical picture of acute coronary syndrome and depressed left ventricular function with no angiographic evidence of coronary artery disease with mid cavitary akinesis and basal as well as apical hyperkinesis after emotional stresses identified by multi-imaging modalities to be mid cavitary Takotsubo. The Incidence and the prevalence ...

Abstract Background Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as “apical ballooning syndrome”, is generally precipitated by endogenous or exogenous stress. Eating disorders are associated with a variety of physical complications. Case presentation We present case involving 37-year-old Japanese female anorexia nervosa. She was admitted because emaciation shortness breath and tiredness, her weight 30....

Takotsubo cardiomyopaty is a recently described syndrome characterized by transient left ventricular dysfunction, mimicking an acute coronary syndrome and usually precipitated by a physical or emotional stress. We report the first case of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy after acute diarrhea in a man. It may be argued that severe diarrhea in predisposed individuals may cause an acute stress resulting i...

Treadmill exercise testing is a commonly used diagnostic test for the assessment of chest discomfort and exercise-induced arrhythmias. The presence of ST-segment elevation during exercise is considered a marker of severe ischaemia, usually secondary to a critical lesion in a proximal coronary artery. We present a novel cause of ST-segment elevation during exercise testing: "broken heart syndrom...

In recent years, our understanding of the physiologic mechanisms of transient takotsubo cardiomyopathy has improved because of the growing use of emergent heart catheterization in patients who present with severe ischemic syndromes. However, even this procedure has revealed only that, in most patients with takotsubo syndrome, the sudden onset of ventricular dysfunction is not due to fixed coron...

Stress-induced cardiomyopathy, also referred to Takotsubo cardiomyopathy or apical ballooning syndrome presents in perioperative period. We demonstrated a case of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy recognized after general anesthesia for bladder hydrodistension therapy as ambulatory surgery, which we surmise was due to inadequate blockage of surgical stress and sympathetic discharge against noxious stimu...

First of all, we would like to appreaciate your deep interest in our case report. Fortunately, we have a previous electrocardiogram (ECG) of the patient before the symptom onset (Fig. 1). And we did check the serial ECGs during the admission. At initial admission, there were no prominent ST and voltage changes in precordial leads (Fig. 2). Follow-up ECG taken after 3 hours from the first ECG sh...

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, or stress-induced cardiomyopathy, is characterized by reversible left ventricular apical ballooning associated with emotional or physiologic stress, mimicking acute myocardial infarction in the absence of significant coronary artery disease at angiography. Although the prognosis for patients with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is relatively good, it is reported to be associa...

PATIENT Female, 78 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy Symptoms: Chest discomfort, chest pain, dyspnea, short of breath Medication: - Clinical Procedure: - Specialty: Cardiology. OBJECTIVE Unusual or unexpected effect of treatment. BACKGROUND Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is an increasingly recognized cardiac condition that usually results from an acute stressor. Some medications are becom...

Symptoms of takotsubo syndrome (TTS) include acute and transient regional systolic dysfunction the left ventricle, as well a variety wall-motion abnormalities. The clinical features TTS, including initial symptoms, cardiac biomarkers, electrocardiogram (ECG) changes, are similar to those coronary syndrome, with exception that TTS patients typically have no obstructive artery disease. primarily ...