Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a transient cardiac syndrome that involves left ventricular apical akinesis typically triggered by a significant emotional or physical stress. Here, we report a patient who presented with strong chest discomfort with left ventricular apical akinesis following cilostazol administration and was diagnosed with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Sudden onset of the disease immedi...

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy typically presents in menopausal women following episodes of intense physical or mental stress. To our knowledge, the literature contains only two documented cases of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy arising following a suicide attempt, neither of which involved pharmaceutical poisoning. Here, however, we document the case of a young male patient with borderline personality dis...

Diabetic cardiomyopathy entails the cardiac injury induced by diabetes independently of any vascular disease or hypertension. Some transcription factors have been proposed to control the gene program involved in the setting and development of related processes. Nuclear factor-kappa B is a pleiotropic transcription factor associated to the regulation of many heart diseases. However, the nuclear ...

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is considered a transient nonischemic cardiomyopathy of possible metabolic etiology. Based on the morphology of the left ventricle and presumed etiology, this condition has been described using several different names including transient left ventricular apical ballooning, ampulla cardiomyopathy, stress-induced cardiomyopathy, neurogenic stunned myocardium, broken heart...

We present a case of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy (TC) which is non ischemic cardiomyopathy. It stress related and also known as broken heart syndrome. The patient presented to our emergency department with symptoms chest pain breathlessness. was diagnosed acute coronary syndrome various tests including ECG, Screening ECHO, Coronary CT Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) were done before arriving at t...

Objective: We sought to describe clinical characteristics of emergency department patients ultimately diagnosed with Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy (TCM) and to explore the causal role that stress may play in its pathogenesis. Methods: We performed a retrospective chart review analyzing all myocardial infarction patients with non-obstructive coronary artery disease on cardiac catheterization to asses...

Stress-induced cardiomyopathy (also called Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, apical ballooning, or broken heart syndrome) was first reported in 1991 as “myocardial stunning due to simultaneous multivessel coronary spasms: a review of 5 cases” by Japanese doctors, and is well known disease entity now. This disease primarily affects postmenopausal women after psychological or physical stress. Clinical ch...

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