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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy triggered by frequent psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: A case report

Acute Medicine & Surgery
Background Coexistence of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and psychogenic nonepileptic seizures has rarely been reported. Herein, we report a case of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy triggered by psychogenic nonepileptic seizures.
Daichi Yomogida, Hiroyuki Kuwano, Tatsuya Miyakoshi, Shiori Mizuta, Shinjiro Horikawa, Yoshinao Koshida   +5 more
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Stress-induced cardiomyopathy associated with ipratropium bromide therapy in a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia, 2014
Stress-induced cardiomyopathy, also known as ‘broken heart syndrome’ or Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, is characterized by transient systolic dysfunction of the apical and/or mid segments of the left ventricle, in the absence of significant coronary artery ...
Filipa Melão, José P. L. Nunes, Mariana Vasconcelos, Paula Dias, Pedro B. Almeida, Rui Rodrigues, Teresa Pinho, António Madureira, Maria J. Maciel   +8 more
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Basal wall hypercontraction of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a patient who had been diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy: a case report

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2017
Background Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is characterized by the basal hypercontractility and apical ballooning of the left ventriculum and T-wave inversion in the electrocardiogram.
Noboru Ichihara, Shuichi Fujita, Yumiko Kanzaki, Tomohiro Fujisaka, Michishige Ozeki, Nobukazu Ishizaka   +5 more
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A woman with schizophrenia who died due to Takotsubo cardiomyopathy occurring after electroconvulsive therapy

BMC Psychiatry
Background Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a safe treatment for treatment-resistant schizophrenia. However, it has some side effects, and Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is considered one of the minor complications.
Takahiro Muto, Hotsumi Kyono
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Recurrent takotsubo with prolonged QT and torsade de pointes and left ventricular thrombus

Journal of the Saudi Heart Association, 2017
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as “takotsubo syndrome,” refers to transient apical ballooning syndrome, stress cardiomyopathy, or broken heart syndrome and is a recently recognized syndrome typically characterized by transient and reversible left ...
Alaa Eldin K. Ahmed, Abdulhalim Serafi, Nadia S. Sunni, Hussein Younes, Walid Hassan   +4 more
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High Mortality and Complications in Patients Admitted With Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy With More Than Double Mortality in Men Without Improvement in Outcome Over the Years

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Background Takotsubo cardiomyopathy continues to be a major cause of mortality and morbidity. The goal of this study was to evaluate the outcome data of patients with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy using a large inpatient database.
Mohammad Reza Movahed, Elimira Javanmardi, Mehrtash Hashemzadeh   +2 more
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A case of an 81-year-old woman with ‘broken-heart syndrome’ after a house fire

Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles, 2017
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a transient cardiomyopathy predominantly characterized by left ventricular hypokinesis and wall motion abnormalities, usually apical ballooning during the systolic phase of heart contraction.
Teryn Perkins, Kenneth Iwuji, Phumpattra Chariyawong, Leigh Ann Jenkins   +3 more
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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy complicated with apical thrombus formation on first day of the illness: a case report and literature review

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2017
Background Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is characterized by transient systolic dysfunction of the apical and mid segments of the left ventricle in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease.
H. M. M. T. B. Herath, S. P. Pahalagamage, Laura C. Lindsay, S. Vinothan, Sampath Withanawasam, Vajira Senarathne, Milinda Withana   +6 more
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The Stressed Heart: Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Indian Journal of Clinical Cardiology
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, otherwise known as “stress cardiomyopathy,” “apical ballooning syndrome,” or “broken heart syndrome,” is a transient dysfunction of the left-sided ventricle associated with stress, and it is often confused with acute myocardial ...
Abhiman B Shetty, Sajeer Kalathingathodika, Rajesh Gopalan Nair   +2 more
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Electroconvulsive Therapy as a Trigger for Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy. [PDF]

J Brown Hosp Med
Nguyen MA, Montalbano G, Arikan P.
europepmc   +1 more source