CASE REPORT
Year : 2018 | Volume
: 7 | Issue : 3 | Page : 115--117
A rare case of takotsubo cardiomyopathy: The masquerader
Gaurav Khandelwal, Agam Bansal
Department of Cardiology, AIIMS, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Agam Bansal
Room No. 213, Boys Hostel, AIIMS, Bhopal - 462 020, Madhya Pradesh
India
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) is a form of transient systolic dysfunction that masquerades myocardial infarction clinically. We report a case of a 57-year-old female with a normal cardiac profile who underwent an abdominal surgery. However, immediately after the operation, she developed chest pain and dyspnea, ST-segment elevation and QRS complex widening on electrocardiography, and increased left ventricle diastolic diameter, apical ballooning, and decreased ejection fraction on two-dimensional echocardiography. However, coronary angiography was normal. Based on these findings, she was diagnosed with TCM. She was started on diuretics and beta-blocker, and her heart function returned to normal within 2 weeks. Possibility of TCM should be kept in mind when acute coronary syndrome like manifestation is immediately preceded by a stress episode, like in this case.
How to cite this article:
Khandelwal G, Bansal A. A rare case of takotsubo cardiomyopathy: The masquerader.J Clin Prev Cardiol 2018;7:115-117
|
How to cite this URL:
Khandelwal G, Bansal A. A rare case of takotsubo cardiomyopathy: The masquerader. J Clin Prev Cardiol [serial online] 2018 [cited 2023 Mar 30 ];7:115-117
Available from: https://www.jcpconline.org/article.asp?issn=2250-3528;year=2018;volume=7;issue=3;spage=115;epage=117;aulast=Khandelwal;type=0 |
|
|
|
