title: Transient global amnesia and broken heart syndrome: two faces of one pathology.
abstract: We present a case of a 57-year-old female patient with transient global amnesia, who later developed broken heart syndrome also known as takotsubo cardiomyopathy. The present case underlines that co-occurrence of both pathologies might still be an under-recognized clinical problem.
authors.affiliation: Heart Centre, Technische Universität Dresden, University Hospital, Dresden, Germany, silvio.quick@mailbox.tu-dresden.de.
authors.forename: Silvio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Quick
authors.forename: Uwe
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Speiser
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Richter
authors.forename: Akram
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Youssef
authors.forename: Nadine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Waessnig
authors.forename: Ruth H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Strasser
authors.forename: Karim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
mesh_terms: D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D020236:Amnesia, Transient Global / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
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