title: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a patient with Addison disease.
abstract: Transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome, also known as Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy (Broken Heart Syndrome) is increasingly being reported in the medical literature. Its clinical picture resembles of an acute coronary syndrome with transient apical dyskinesia and normal coronary arteries. We report here a case of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a patient with Addison disease with reversible cardiomyopathy. To the best of our knowledge there has been only one other reported case of this syndrome with Addison disease but with a different outcome.
authors.forename: Sujeeth Reddy
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Punnam
authors.forename: Nandu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gourineni
authors.forename: Vishal
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D000224:Addison Disease / Q000150:complications*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000209:etiology*