A rare association of systemic lupus erythematosus, morbid obesity and Takotsubo Syndrome.
The authors report a 68-year-old white female with long-term systemic lupus erythematosus as well as morbid obesity, characterized by very elevated body mass index, who presented a classical picture of acute coronary failure ascribed to Takotsubo syndrome.
Meyer Neto
João Gaspar Corrêa
JG
Hospital Samaritano, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
Benchimol
Claudio Buarque
CB
Penna
Guilherme Loures
GL
Carvalho
Luiz Antônio Ferreira
LA
Pessoa
Maria Carolina
MC
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications*; D013577:Syndrome; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis