Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a 68-year old Russian female.
BACKGROUND
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy also known as transient left ventricular apical ballooning, stress-induced cardiomyopathy can present with retrosternal chest pain with EKG changes that can mimic a myocardial infraction.


METHODS
We present a 68 female with sudden onset retrosternal squeezing chest pain with positive cardiac enzymes and EKG changes suggestive of acute ST-elevation myocardial infraction. Patient was thrombolysed and cardiac cauterization done later showed normal coronaries with ballooning of the left ventricle apex.


CONCLUSIONS
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a very rare disease entity yet can present to the emergency room as acute myocardial infraction.
Jayawardena
Suriya
S
Dept of Cardiology, Coney Island Hospital, 2601 Ocean Parkway Brooklyn, NY 11235, USA. suriyakbrsj@yahoo.com.
Sooriabalan
Danushan
D
Burzyantseva
Olga
O
Sinnapunayagm
Selvarathnam
S