title: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a 68-year old Russian female.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Cardiology, Coney Island Hospital, 2601 Ocean Parkway Brooklyn, NY 11235, USA. suriyakbrsj@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Suriya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jayawardena
authors.forename: Danushan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sooriabalan
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Burzyantseva
authors.forename: Selvarathnam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sinnapunayagm