Stress cardiomyopathy (Tako-Tsubo) associated with sustained polymorphic ventricular tachycardia.
We present a case of 38-year-old woman with stress cardiomyopathy presenting to the emergency department with a 1-week history of recurrent syncope due to sustained polymorphic ventricular tachycardia.
Department of Cardiology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey. can.hasdemir@yahoo.com
Can
C
Hasdemir
Ozcan
O
Vuran
Alper
A
Yuksel
Oguz
O
Yavuzgil
D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; D013575:Syncope / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery
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