Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Coexisting with Acute Pericarditis and Myocardial Bridge.
Seyed Hashem SezavarNeda ToofaninejadShokoufeh HajsadeghiHassan Riahi BeniReza GhanavatiMarjan HajahmadiMorteza HassanzadehPublished in: Case reports in cardiology (2016)
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) is a stress-induced cardiomyopathy that occurs primarily in postmenopausal women. It mimics clinical picture of acute coronary syndrome with nonobstructive coronary arteries and a characteristic transient left (or bi-) ventricular apical ballooning at angiography. The exact pathogenesis of TCM is not well recognized. Hereby we present an unusual case of TCM that presents with signs and symptoms of acute pericarditis and was also found to have a coexisting coronary muscle bridge on coronary angiography. We discuss the impact of these associations in better understanding of the pathogenesis of TCM.
Keyphrases
- postmenopausal women
- stress induced
- heart failure
- liver failure
- acute coronary syndrome
- bone mineral density
- coronary artery disease
- coronary artery
- respiratory failure
- left ventricular
- drug induced
- aortic dissection
- optical coherence tomography
- computed tomography
- skeletal muscle
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- brain injury
- sleep quality
- depressive symptoms
- cerebral ischemia
- molecular dynamics
- subarachnoid hemorrhage