Takotsubo syndrome in an elderly woman due to electrical cardioversion.
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa. Electronic address: keir_mccutcheon@hotmail.com.
Keir
K
McCutcheon
Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
India
I
Butler
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Ahmed
A
Vachiat
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Pravin
P
Manga
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology
Atrial fibrillation; Electrical cardioversion; Takotsubo syndrome