Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a 68-year old Russian female

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy also known as transient left ventricular apical ballooning, stress-induced cardiomyopathy can present with retrosternal chest pain with EKG changes that can mimic a myocardial infraction. We present a 68 female with sudden onset retrosternal squeezing chest pain with positiv...

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Published in:Cases journal 2008-07, Vol.1 (1), p.64-64, Article 64
Main Authors: Jayawardena, Suriya, Sooriabalan, Danushan, Burzyantseva, Olga, Sinnapunayagm, Selvarathnam
Format: Article
Language:English
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Cardiomyopathy
Care and treatment
Case Report
Case studies
Diagnosis
Heart diseases
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Summary:Takotsubo cardiomyopathy also known as transient left ventricular apical ballooning, stress-induced cardiomyopathy can present with retrosternal chest pain with EKG changes that can mimic a myocardial infraction. We present a 68 female with sudden onset retrosternal squeezing chest pain with positive cardiac enzymes and EKG changes suggestive of acute ST-elevation myocardial infraction. Patient was thrombolysed and cardiac cauterization done later showed normal coronaries with ballooning of the left ventricle apex. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a very rare disease entity yet can present to the emergency room as acute myocardial infraction.
ISSN:1757-1626
1757-1626
DOI:10.1186/1757-1626-1-64