title: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: expanding the differential diagnosis in cardiothoracic surgery.
abstract: We describe a case of takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a 69-year-old woman after right upper lobectomy, without cardiac antecedents. The immediate course of recovery was uneventful. On the first postoperative day, clinical symptoms of acute coronary syndrome developed in association with ischemic electrocardiographic changes and a mild elevation in creatinine phosphokinase levels. Echocardiography showed moderate left ventricular dysfunction, with a typical takotsubo pattern. Coronary angiography revealed no abnormalities. After 2 days of supportive treatment, the patient recovered completely. The clinical presentation, instrumental findings, additional cardiac and noncardiac diseases, and the potential pathomechanism of takotsubo cardiomyopathy are described according to the current medical literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petach Tikva, Israel. berman_marius@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Marius
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berman
authors.forename: Milton
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saute
authors.forename: Eyal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Porat
authors.forename: Mordechai
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vaturi
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Paul-Kislin
authors.forename: Bernardo A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Vidne
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kogan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013577:Syndrome; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology