title: Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy after a quarrel.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy in a blind woman.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a confirmed case of Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy in a 55-year-old blind woman with past medical history of ocular trauma. The patient suffered from sudden chest pain after a quarrel. Transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) showed regional wall motion abnormalities. Coronary angiogram showed no significant coronary stenosis, but ventriculogram demonstrated apical ballooning akinesis and hypercontraction in the basal segments. The follow-up TTE revealed a recovery of systolic function 6 weeks later.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We report a case of Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy after a quarrel, implicating that severe emotional or physical stress could trigger myocardial stunning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Biomedical research (therapy) center, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Dong-Mei
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Ze-Wei
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Sunc
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D001766:Blindness; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017698:Postmenopause; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology
keywords: Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy; blindness; ocular trauma; postmenopause