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Atypical Presentation of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in an Elderly Woman

We describe an 83-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department with extreme thirst. Diagnostic testing revealed Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Following symptomatic improvement and discharge, she returned to the emergency department with exudative pericardial effusion and elevated intraperica...

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Autores principales: Arunachalam, Priya, Manian, Nina, El Nihum, Lamees Ibrahim, Toro, Saleem, Buergler, John M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9231567/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35769165
http://dx.doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1100
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author Arunachalam, Priya
Manian, Nina
El Nihum, Lamees Ibrahim
Toro, Saleem
Buergler, John M.
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description We describe an 83-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department with extreme thirst. Diagnostic testing revealed Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Following symptomatic improvement and discharge, she returned to the emergency department with exudative pericardial effusion and elevated intrapericardial pressures. This case illustrates the importance of close follow-up of Takotsubo patients in whom complications such as pericardial effusion may lead to cardiac tamponade and hemodynamic instability if not managed properly.
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spelling pubmed-92315672022-06-28 Atypical Presentation of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in an Elderly Woman Arunachalam, Priya Manian, Nina El Nihum, Lamees Ibrahim Toro, Saleem Buergler, John M. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J Case Report We describe an 83-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department with extreme thirst. Diagnostic testing revealed Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Following symptomatic improvement and discharge, she returned to the emergency department with exudative pericardial effusion and elevated intrapericardial pressures. This case illustrates the importance of close follow-up of Takotsubo patients in whom complications such as pericardial effusion may lead to cardiac tamponade and hemodynamic instability if not managed properly. Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center 2022-06-24 /pmc/articles/PMC9231567/ /pubmed/35769165 http://dx.doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1100 Text en Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9231567/
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