title: Tako-Tsubo syndrome in a pregnant woman.
abstract: We describe a rare case of Tako-Tsubo syndrome which occurred in a young woman at the beginning of pregnancy, who presented cardiac arrest at onset. In this case, the transient left ventricular ballooning involving both mid and apical segments, in absence of coronary artery disease, produced a severe impairment of cardiac function with typical echocardiographic and electrocardiographic findings. The favourable outcome, despite the sudden cardiac death at the beginning, raises further questions on this new kind of cardiomyopathy.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Di Venere Hospital, Bari, Italy. d.amato@tin.it
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: D'Amato
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Colonna
authors.forename: Paolino
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brindicci
authors.forename: Maria Grazia
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Campagna
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Petrillo
authors.forename: Aldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cafarelli
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: D'Agostino
mesh_terms: D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000628:therapy