Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and QTc Prolongation with Subsequent Improvement of QTc Interval and Resolution of Apical Ballooning: A Case Report

Stress-induced cardiomyopathy, also known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTS), is characterized by transient regional systolic dysfunction. Furthermore, electrocardiogram (ECG) changes can vary as TTS evolves. We report a case of a 67-year-old woman who presented to the ER after cardiac arrest. She wa...

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Autores principales: Alvarez Retamales, Violeta, Lara Garcia, Odalys E, Ranjha, Suhayb, Koester, Cameron, Labedi, Mohamed R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7417186/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32789081
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9143
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author Alvarez Retamales, Violeta
Lara Garcia, Odalys E
Ranjha, Suhayb
Koester, Cameron
Labedi, Mohamed R
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Lara Garcia, Odalys E
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description Stress-induced cardiomyopathy, also known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTS), is characterized by transient regional systolic dysfunction. Furthermore, electrocardiogram (ECG) changes can vary as TTS evolves. We report a case of a 67-year-old woman who presented to the ER after cardiac arrest. She was found to have stress-induced cardiomyopathy with prolonged QTc interval. The patient developed torsades de pointes for which she required cardioversion, followed by improvement of QTc interval corresponding to resolution of echocardiographic evidence of apical ballooning.
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spelling pubmed-74171862020-08-11 Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and QTc Prolongation with Subsequent Improvement of QTc Interval and Resolution of Apical Ballooning: A Case Report Alvarez Retamales, Violeta Lara Garcia, Odalys E Ranjha, Suhayb Koester, Cameron Labedi, Mohamed R Cureus Cardiology Stress-induced cardiomyopathy, also known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTS), is characterized by transient regional systolic dysfunction. Furthermore, electrocardiogram (ECG) changes can vary as TTS evolves. We report a case of a 67-year-old woman who presented to the ER after cardiac arrest. She was found to have stress-induced cardiomyopathy with prolonged QTc interval. The patient developed torsades de pointes for which she required cardioversion, followed by improvement of QTc interval corresponding to resolution of echocardiographic evidence of apical ballooning. Cureus 2020-07-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7417186/ /pubmed/32789081 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9143 Text en Copyright © 2020, Alvarez Retamales et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Cardiology
Alvarez Retamales, Violeta
Lara Garcia, Odalys E
Ranjha, Suhayb
Koester, Cameron
Labedi, Mohamed R
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and QTc Prolongation with Subsequent Improvement of QTc Interval and Resolution of Apical Ballooning: A Case Report
title Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and QTc Prolongation with Subsequent Improvement of QTc Interval and Resolution of Apical Ballooning: A Case Report
title_full Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and QTc Prolongation with Subsequent Improvement of QTc Interval and Resolution of Apical Ballooning: A Case Report
title_fullStr Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and QTc Prolongation with Subsequent Improvement of QTc Interval and Resolution of Apical Ballooning: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and QTc Prolongation with Subsequent Improvement of QTc Interval and Resolution of Apical Ballooning: A Case Report
title_short Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and QTc Prolongation with Subsequent Improvement of QTc Interval and Resolution of Apical Ballooning: A Case Report
title_sort takotsubo cardiomyopathy and qtc prolongation with subsequent improvement of qtc interval and resolution of apical ballooning: a case report
topic Cardiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7417186/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32789081
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9143
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