title: [Transient global amnesia and Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy--coincidence or corollary?].
abstract: METHODS
  A 69-year-old female patient who had been physically and mentally healthy was admitted to our emergency department because of acute onset of amnesia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Inconspicuous diagnostic findings led to the diagnosis of transient global amnesia (TGA). Furthermore bradycardia and elevated troponins were detected. Because of these findings a cardiologic workup was performed resulting in the diagnosis of Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patient recovered completely from TGA as well as from the slight reduction of the left-ventricular ejection fraction as part of the Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There are similarities of the two diseases Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy and TGA concerning triggers as well as reversibility. Patients presenting with symptoms suggestive for TGA should be considered to undergo additional cardiologic evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Klinikum Herford, Klinik für Kardiologie und internistische Intensivmedizin, Germany. steffen.grautoff@klinikum-herford.de
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grautoff
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sitzer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Weitkamp
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kähler
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D020236:Amnesia, Transient Global / Q000175:diagnosis*; D054537:Atrioventricular Block / Q000175:diagnosis; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000209:etiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014336:Troponin / Q000097:blood; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D014336:Troponin