title: Recurrence of tako-tsubo syndrome, idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, and iterative ventricular tachycardia: just a fortuitous coincidence or a pathophysiological link?
abstract: We report the case of a 65-year-old woman with late recurrence of tako-tsubo syndrome, idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and prior iterative ventricular tachycardia. We hypothesize that the pathophysiological link among these clinical conditions could be the hyperactivity of the sympathetic nervous system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, San Giuseppe Moscati Hospital, Avellino, Italy. francesco.rotondi@tin.it.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rotondi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Manganelli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Capasso
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lanzillo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bellizzi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sauro
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology