Takotsubo cardiomyopathy complicated with acute pericarditis and cardiogenic shock
Guevara, R.; Aguinaga-Meza, M.; Hazin, M.Imran.; Hazin, R.; McCord, J.
Journal of the National Medical Association 99(3): 281-283
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0027-9684 PMID: 17393953 Document Number: 606553
Takotsubo cardiornyopathy (TC) is a relatively uncommon stress-induced cardiomyopathy that accounts for 2.2% of all acute myocardial inforctions. It occurs most commonly in postmenopausal women between the ages of 55-70. The most common complications that have been described are cardiogenic shock and left venfricular outflow tract obstruction, stroke and apical thrombus formation. There have been multiple prior case reports of TC; however, our case is the first to report acute pericarditis as one of its complications.