Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a patient with esophageal cancer: a case report.
BACKGROUND
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy has increasingly been reported in the medical literature in recent years. Much is still unknown regarding risk factors and clinical relationships. We contribute this case report to the growing set of literature on the topic.


METHODS
We report the case of a 64-year-old woman with esophageal cancer who developed takotsubo cardiomyopathy, a form of reversible heart failure, and we present a review of the literature. Patients present with symptoms similar to an acute coronary syndrome; however, cardiac catheterization reveals patent coronary arteries, and symptoms of heart failure resolve completely within weeks.


CONCLUSIONS
It is important that clinicians consider takotsubo cardiomyopathy in the differential diagnosis of heart failure and gain a basic understanding of the clinical presentation and diagnosis.
Gangadhar
Tara C
TC
Department of Medicine, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA. taracg@gmail.com
Von der Lohe
Elisabeth
E
Sawada
Stephen G
SG
Helft
Paul R
PR