A rare case of Takotsubo syndrome in a patient 5 months after heart transplantation
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Takotsubo syndrome is an acute heart failure syndrome with a pathogenesis that is attributed to sympathetic stimulation. This case report describes a unique case of a 5 month heart‐transplanted female patient who developed apical ballooning on an echocardiography exam performed following an emotional stress event. Detailed clinical investigations and imaging techniques confirmed the diagnosis of Takatsubo syndrome. Our case indicates that Takatsubo's cardiomyopathy should be included in the differential diagnosis of heart‐transplanted patients presenting with sudden graft dysfunction mimicking acute graft rejection or acute coronary syndrome.
Date Issued
2019-12-18
Date Acceptance
2019-11-11
Citation
ESC Heart Failure, 2019, 7 (1), pp.354-357
ISSN
2055-5822
Publisher
Wiley Open Access
Start Page
354
End Page
357
Journal / Book Title
ESC Heart Failure
Volume
7
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
© 2019 The Authors. ESC Heart Failure published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Cardiovascular System & Cardiology
Takatsubo
Broken heart syndrome
Cardiomyopathy
Heart transplantation
TAKO-TSUBO
CARDIOMYOPATHY
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2019-12-18