Takotsubo cardiomyopathy after acute myocardial infarction: An unusual case of possible association.
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is an acute reversible clinical condition mimicking an acute myocardial infarction. Although a normal coronary artery tree is frequently detected, the concurrence of coronary artery disease is a common finding in a substantial proportion of patients. We report an unusual case of takotsubo cardiomyopathy in post-menopausal women after emotional stress, occurring after inferior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. The possible association between takotsubo cardiomyopathy and coronary artery disease is discussed.
Heart Department, University Hospital 'Scuola Medica Salernitana', Salerno, Italy Department of Translational Medical Sciences, 'Federico II' University, Naples, Italy.
Francesco
F
Ferrara
Heart Department, University Hospital 'Scuola Medica Salernitana', Salerno, Italy.
Cesare
C
Baldi
Heart Department, University Hospital 'Scuola Medica Salernitana', Salerno, Italy.
Marisa
M
Malinconico
Clinical-Experimental Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Messina, Italy.
Edvige
E
Acri
Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, 'Federico II' University, Naples, Italy.
Annapaola
A
Cirillo
Heart Department, University Hospital 'Scuola Medica Salernitana', Salerno, Italy.
Rodolfo
R
Citro
Heart Department, University Hospital 'Scuola Medica Salernitana', Salerno, Italy Department of Cardiac Surgery, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy ebossone@hotmail.com.
Eduardo
E
Bossone
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017698:Postmenopause; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000503:physiopathology; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy; acute myocardial infarction; angiography; apical ballooning syndrome; coronary artery disease; stress cardiomyopathy