title: A rare association of systemic lupus erythematosus, morbid obesity and Takotsubo Syndrome.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Samaritano, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
authors.forename: João Gaspar Corrêa
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Meyer Neto
authors.forename: Claudio Buarque
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Benchimol
authors.forename: Guilherme Loures
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Penna
authors.forename: Luiz Antônio Ferreira
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: Maria Carolina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Pessoa
mesh_terms: 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