Case report: recurrent biventricular Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a middle-aged man with fatal outcome after full recovery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) usually manifests as transient apical ballooning of the left ventricle and may mimic acute coronary syndrome. Concomitant right ventricle involvement may occur in about a third of the cases. Recurrence had been observed in up to 10% of TC with variable ventricular involvement. Despite this knowledge, there had been no report of a patient with multiple biventricular TC in the literature to date. In this study, we describe a rare case of a patient who presented twice with biventricular TC.

Case summary

A 52-year-old man with a previous episode of biventricular TC 5 months ago presented to our hospital with a 1 day history of shortness of breath and wheeze. He was treated initially for infective exacerbation of chronic obstructive airway

SUBMITTER: Luo ELC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7026588 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature