title: Epilepsy and takotsubo cardiomyopathy: a case report.
abstract: A 60-year-old woman with a history of symptomatic seizures secondary to a subarachnoid hemorrhage was admitted to hospital because of a generalized seizure. The following day, her electrocardiogram showed negative T waves in II, III, (a)V(F), and V(2-6), and the echocardiogram showed an impaired left ventricular ejection fraction with ventricular apical akinesia. Head magnetic resonance imaging showed no acute brain injury, but single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) showed hyperperfusion which affected the left temporal cortex in particular. Hyperactivity of the temporal lobe might cause autonomic nervous system dysfunction and might be related to takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
authors: Department of Medicine, Kumamoto Rosai Hospital, Japan. naika-naganuma@kumamotoh.rofuku.go.jp
authors: Masaki
authors: M
authors: Naganuma
authors: Kazuya
authors: K
authors: Isoda
authors: Masatoshi
authors: M
authors: Ishizaki
authors: Kiyotaka
authors: K
authors: Ito
authors: Teruyuki
authors: T
authors: Hirano
authors: Makoto
authors: M
authors: Uchino
mesh_terms: D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000209:etiology*