Recurrent takotsubo syndrome with worsening of left ventricular outflow obstruction during haemodialysis: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The recurrence rate of takotsubo syndrome (TS) has been reported as 1.8% per patient-year while left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction is comorbid in 10-25% of all instances of TS. The clinical course of recurrent TS with associated LVOT while on haemodialysis has rarely been reported.

Case summary

This case report involves a 60-year-old female patient receiving regular haemodialysis who was admitted for chest pain during ballroom dancing. Four years prior, she had suffered TS, and fully recovered after the hospitalization. An emergent coronary angiogram done during the second hospitalization showed no significant stenosis, and left ventriculography demonstrated mid-apical akinesia and basal hyperkinesia. Based on these findings, we diagnosed the recurr

SUBMITTER: Takada T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7180539 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature