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Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

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Takotsubo syndrome (TS) is a reversible cardiomyopathy, also known as “apical ballooning syndrome” or “stress cardiomyopathy”. It is characterized by signs and symptoms of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) but without demonstrable coronary artery stenosis. The clinical course is usually bening with the progressive complete resolution of the wall motion and EKG abnormality after some days/weeks. It typically occurs in postmenopausal elderly women and the chest pain usually occurs after mental or physical stress. We discuss the clinical case of a 65-year-old woman with acute chest pain developed after a car accident. The chest pain was a retrosternal pressure (“angina”) and the EKG reported diffuse repolarization abnormalities.

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Pongetti, G., Fabbrizioli, A. (2015). Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy. In: Capucci, A. (eds) Clinical Cases in Cardiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19926-9_5

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