Known commonly as "broken heart syndrome," takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a poorly understood heart condition that results in acute decompensation of cardiac function. We report a case of a 68-year-old female who developed acute shortness of breath status after chemotherapy and radiation treatment for Stage IV squamous-cell carcinoma. Computed tomography pulmonary angiogram (CTPA) revealed a singl...

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as stress-induced cardiomyopathy or "broken heart syndrome," is a reversible cardiac disorder characterized by left ventricular dysfunction without significant obstructive coronary artery disease. It classically secondary to emotional stress in postmenopausal women but can be physical stress. This report presents unique case of takotsubo induced intracranial...

takotsubo or stress-induced cardiomyopathy is a cardiomyopathy in which the patient has a sudden onset, reversible left ventricular systolic dysfunction without any significant coronary artery disease. four women, who were at a mean age of 64 years and suffered from chest pain exacerbated by emotional stress, were admitted as cases of acute coronary syndrome and were completely evaluated throug...

Takotsubo cardiomypathy is a very rare cardiovascular syndrome leading to myocardial infarction and left ventricular dysfunction in the absence of a detectable coronary artery lesion. It is accepted as reversible left ventricular asynergy occuring typically after an intrinsic adrenergic hyperstimulation. In this report we present Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a 75-year-old patient with multiple a...

LV systolic function, heavily compromised at presentation, improves rapidly in a period of days to weeks w1, 5–7x. Reports of Takotsubo syndrome after open cardiac surgery are few. It is possible that some cases of transient LV sphericalization after mitral valve replacement surgery described previously to the recognition of this phenomenon were cases of Takotsubo syndrome w2x. It is important ...

Stress-induced cardiomyopathy is characterized by transient left ventricular dysfunction, usually followed by complete resolution. It is precipitated by severe stress, and the most common variant (takotsubo) is marked by apical hypokinesis and ballooning with basal hyperkinesis. Serotonin syndrome is best understood as excess serotonergic activity in the central and peripheral nervous system. T...

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a form of stress which reversible. It can clinically mimic an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. We present case 63 year old female, who was diagnosed with takotsubo in the immediate postoperative period, following microwave ablation for metastatic liver lesion. Despite only accounting small percentage acute coronary syndrome presentations, it still importan...

AIMS We report a case of dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) resulting in transient apical ballooning syndrome to highlight this rare condition as a potential complication of DSE. BACKGROUND Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, or transient apical ballooning syndrome, is a recently described form of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction induced by stress. Clinically it can mimic acute coronary syndrome...

abstract background: brugada syndrome (bs) is an inherited ion channelopathy characterized by an electrocardiographic (ecg) pattern of a coved type st segment elevation in right precordial leads with or without right bundle branch block. case presentation: a 23-year old male presented with right lower quadrant abdominal pain. further evaluation revealed a diagnosis of acute appendicitis. the pa...

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC), also known as apical ballooning syndrome, broken heart syndrome, or stress-induced cardiomyopathy, is defined as a transient disturbance of the left ventricle, which is quite often associated with electrocardiographic abnormalities that may mimic acute myocardial infarction. The syndrome is also characterized by a mild alteration of cardiac biomarkers in absence ...